‘Somewhere over the rainbow’ might not be quite where you imagined it to be judging from this picture.

In fact, if this snap is anything to go by, it’s not in a lullaby and far from a place where dreams come true - it’s the middle lane of the Surrey stretch of the M25.

Janice Thomas was in the passenger seat driving back from her mother in law’s home in Sutton when her husband spotted the explosion of colour and light as it hit the grey tarmac just in front of the car.

She grabbed her mobile phone and managed to photograph the rainbow whilst her husband was driving.

Mrs Thomas, 39, of Buntingford in Hertfordshire, said: “I was sleeping when my husband gave me a nudge and saw this amazing site in front of me.

“Never seen the end of the rainbow before and so I grab my mobile phone and took a picture. It really was quite spectacular.”