Hawaii the Rainbow State
by Edward Fielding
Title
Hawaii the Rainbow State
Artist
Edward Fielding
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Note: the watermark in the lower right does not appear in the final print.
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A full bright low rainbow as seen on the Hawaiian Island of Maui on the slopes of Haleakala. Photography by Edward M. Fielding - www.edwardfielding.com
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Given the amount of showers and misty rain that occurs when the sun is shining, rainbows are a common sight in Hawaii. In fact, one of Hawaii’s nicknames is “The Rainbow State,” and a rainbow is also depicted on vehicle licence plates.
Rainbows can be seen when the sunlight breaks up as it shines through the prism-like raindrops during a rain shower. The curved spectrum of light includes all the colors that make up the sun’s white light.
To clearly see a rainbow, the viewer must be positioned between the sun and the rain, with his back to the sun. The eyes must also be aligned with the sun, so rainbows are mostly seen either early or late in the day, as this is when the sun is low in the sky and in the right position for spotting a rainbow.
Sometimes, double rainbows can be seen on the Hawaiian Islands. These are caused by one extra reflection of sunlight within the raindrops and are usually about 40 percent dimmer than the original rainbow. An interesting fact about double rainbows is that the colors are reversed in the second arc.
In Hawaii, many different nationalities have come to the islands and mixed with the native peoples, and so the rainbow is seen as symbolic of the ethnic mosaic which makes up the unique culture of the state.
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