[2] The clip, filmed in 2010 in his front yard just outside Yosemite National Park in California, shows his ecstatic reaction to a double rainbow.
[6] Vasquez lived on a forested property outside Mariposa, California, approximately 10 miles (16 km) from Yosemite, where he operated a farm with the help of passing volunteers[4] and uploaded videos of his daily life.
Vasquez claimed that before the incident, he had been attempting to live as a starving artist and was in a deep depression, having quit his job six years prior.
After moving away from several trees that interfere with the scene, Vazquez enjoys an unobstructed view of a semicircular double rainbow.
Vasquez's reaction captures his intense emotional excitement; he weeps with joy and moans ecstatically, uttering phrases such as "Double rainbow all the way across the sky," "What does this mean?"
ABC News describes the video as "a three-and-a-half-minute emotional journey," with Vasquez confirming his sobriety during recording.
[12] The song was covered by Amanda Palmer, Jimmy Fallon (as Neil Young) and The Axis of Awesome during a live recording of a charity show in the UK.