[HN Gopher] Best rainbows on Earth are in Hawaii, scientist says
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Best rainbows on Earth are in Hawaii, scientist says
Author : macbookaries
Score : 51 points
Date : 2021-03-14 17:16 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| thaumasiotes wrote:
| Well, of course. No question is more scientific than "which
| rainbows are better than which other rainbows?"
| drcode wrote:
| Seems pretty straightforward to scientifically compare the
| intensity of light emitted/reflected by different rainbows.
| thaumasiotes wrote:
| That doesn't get you to saying that one is better than the
| other.
| choward wrote:
| Right. What if I like the s dim rainbows? All you could say
| is that Hawaii has the brightest.
| prostoalex wrote:
| In order to avoid the replication crisis that's plaguing the rest
| of science, where does one submit a grant proposal to
| independently verify this scientific discovery?
| ronsor wrote:
| There's only one possible response to such a proposal: "No, we
| are certainly not giving you a grant so you can take a vacation
| in Hawaii."
| pmiller2 wrote:
| I don't know. Have you seen the locations of some academic
| conferences?
| Disgardia wrote:
| No matter where it is, rainbows are amazing. Just thinking about
| how light gets scattered, it's just amazing of universe
| flixic wrote:
| It is so frustrating to get "Error 403 Forbidden" when visiting
| from EU. Using US VPN, the page loads fine.
|
| It's been 3+ years to figure out GDPR stuff. 403 Error with zero
| apologies is just terrible.
| redis_mlc wrote:
| I used to live in Hawaii.
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| It's normal to see rainbows on a daily basis, and sometimes
| double-rainbows.
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| Good memories! :)
| js2 wrote:
| I captured this one in NJ in 2015:
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| https://ibb.co/6rGQvcr
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| (38.993472deg -74.839455deg)
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| I pulled off the Garden State Parkway to take the picture. It's
| the finest rainbow I've ever seen. Sadly was unable to find an
| unobstructed view.
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| There is of course the triple rainbow that famously brought a man
| to tears in Hawaii a decade ago.
| sammalloy wrote:
| > There is of course the triple rainbow that famously brought a
| man to tears in Hawaii a decade ago
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| Are you referring to the late Paul Vasquez's famous viral
| video? That was filmed outside Yosemite. It was a double
| rainbow that had a barely perceptible triple rainbow.
| Andrew_nenakhov wrote:
| I'm happy that somewhere out there there are scientists studying
| such really important problems.
| 404mm wrote:
| If Hawaii is the answer, then no matter the question, I'm all
| about being _that_ scientist.
| temptemptemp111 wrote:
| This is great news! ;)
| sammalloy wrote:
| My guess is that "best" describes the ease and frequency of
| sighting rainbows. Businger explains this is because orographic
| precipitation, climate, and clear line of sight due to terrain,
| make it highly likely to spot a rainbow at least twice a day
| (early morning and an hour or so before sunset), when the sun is
| 38 degrees above the horizon on either side of the island. This
| means you should be able to sight a rainbow closer to the
| windward side of the island in the morning, and another rainbow
| closer to the leeward side in the late afternoon. When you take
| all of these factors into account (more are described in the
| article), Businger's claim isn't so far off. Given the right
| conditions, is there anywhere else in the world where you can
| spot at least two different rainbows every day like clockwork?
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