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Incredible snap at Glastonbury Tor captures moment of beauty as storm rolls in

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-10-23 · by Caitlin Leng

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Photographer Michelle Cowbourne captured a stunning image at Glastonbury Tor on October 22, showing St Michael's Church against a vibrant sky backdrop with an orange rainbow cutting through it. The picture was taken just after torrential rain as the sun rose, creating a moment of beauty before Storm Austen brought strong winds to the area. Forecasters predict gusts up to 70mph in exposed coastal regions and warn of travel disruption and potential power cuts across parts of southern England and south Wales.
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Photographer Michelle Cowbourne captured an extraordinary image of Glastonbury Tor on Thursday, October 22, showing a vivid sky with a symmetrical orange rainbow above St Michael’s Church. The photo was taken at dawn as torrential rain gave way to sunlight, creating a dramatic backdrop. This stunning shot comes ahead of Storm Austen, which is forecasted to bring strong winds of 50 to 60mph to Somerset from Thursday night into Friday, with gusts potentially exceeding 70mph in exposed coastal areas. Cowbourne described the moment as "exciting" but challenging due to the rapidly changing weather conditions and her own drenching during the shoot.

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🔮 Ahead of Storm Austen's arrival in Somerset, an incredible snap at Glastonbury Tor has captured the site's full majesty as a rainbow appears from an illuminated sky The beautiful scene was also photographed from inside St Michael's Church upon the hill The shots come as Storm Austen is forecast to bring gusts of 50 to 60mph to Somerset from Thursday night into Friday, with gusts exceeding 70mph possible in exposed coastal areas.
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Ahead of Storm Austen's arrival in Somerset, an incredible snap at Glastonbury Tor has captured the site's full majesty as a rainbow appears from an illuminated sky The beautiful scene was also photographed from inside St Michael's Church upon the hill The shots come as Storm Austen is forecast to bring gusts of 50 to 60mph to Somerset from Thursday night into Friday, with gusts exceeding 70mph possible in exposed coastal areas.
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🔮 Ahead of Storm Austen's arrival in Somerset, an incredible snap at Glastonbury Tor has captured the site's full majesty as a rainbow appears from an illuminated sky The beautiful scene was also photographed from inside St Michael's Church upon the hill The shots come as Storm Austen is forecast to bring gusts of 50 to 60mph to Somerset from Thursday night into Friday, with gusts exceeding 70mph possible in exposed coastal areas.

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An incredible snap at Glastonbury Tor has captured the site's full majesty as a rainbow appears from an illuminated sky - just as Britain gears up for storms to roll in. asserted
storms → capture → sky
The picture, taken by photographer Michelle Cowbourne, was taken at dawn on Thursday, October 22, looking up to the tower of St Michael's Church perched upon the ancient Somerset mound. asserted
picture → take → mound
The breath-taking snap shows the church against a vivid sky background of red and a deep blue, with an orange rainbow cutting through its centre in perfect symmetry. Describing how she captured the resplendent shot, Ms Cowbourne said it came just following 'torrential rain'. asserted
it → take → rain
She said: 'As the sun rose the clouds rolled in from the west, the torrential rain came just as the sun cleared the horizon and the sky lit up with orange to the left of the scene and dark to the right. ' asserted
sky → say → right
Then a vivid rainbow appeared above and lasted for just a few moments. asserted
rainbow → appear → moments
It's always exciting when a rainbow appears as it is fairly fast moving, trying to keep the camera as dry as possible and still get the photos. asserted
it → appear → photos
I was absolutely drenched myself. asserted
I → drench → ?
In an equally beautiful picture, Ms Cowbourne managed to photograph the rainbow from inside St Michael's Church - with the rising sun casting a yellow glow across the hill and into the town below. asserted
sun → manage → town
Ahead of Storm Austen's arrival in Somerset, an incredible snap at Glastonbury Tor has captured the site's full majesty as a rainbow appears from an illuminated sky The beautiful scene was also photographed from inside St Michael's Church upon the hill The shots come as Storm Austen is forecast to bring gusts of 50 to 60mph to Somerset from Thursday night into Friday, with gusts exceeding 70mph possible in exposed coastal areas. asserted
gusts → capture → areas
The Met Office has warned of potential travel disruption, damage to buildings and power cuts across parts of southern England and south Wales. asserted
Office → warn → England
Forecasters issued an amber wind warning for the far South West ahead of Austen's arrival around midnight, as well as yellow warnings for much of the rest of England. asserted
Forecasters → issue → England
The amber warning is in place from 1am to 10am tomorrow for Devon and Cornwall, where gusts of 60 to 70mph will develop with some exposed areas expecting 80mph. asserted
areas → develop → mph
Power cuts may affect homes, while some buildings may be damaged and a 'danger to life' is likely from large waves and beach material being thrown onto coastal roads. uncertain
waves → affect → roads
Strong winds are also expected to spread across southern England on Thursday and Friday, with gusts of 50 to 60mph likely and some exposed areas seeing 70mph or above. asserted
areas → expect → mph
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