Rainbows

With increasing regularity, I have been posting images of rainbows that I have seen. Most of these are taken in Maui, where I live, though there are a handful from elsewhere. I decided to collect all of these photographs together and show them in a single page. As of this page going live, Monday 14th May 2025, there were 89 photos of rainbows on the site.

The images start with the first rainbow posted to this website. That was on 23rd December 2018. They then work forward through the days, months and years to the most recent (as of this page going live was two days ago, 12th April 2025).

Return to this page to see updates. 🌈

This evening’s sunset view from home.

Between the rainbow this morning and this sunset, the day has felt oddly discombobulated. Slowly productive, but sort of disjointed along the way.

A picturesque sunset sky, painted with vibrant hues of pink and purple, stretches over a tranquil grassy landscape and distant trees.

This morning’s rainbow, accompanied by the moon 🌈

A clear blue sky with a faint rainbow arches over lush greenery and distant treetops, with the moon just above its apex.

Back in the land of the rainbows. Here is this morning’s. If you look closely, it is possible to make out a faint second one above the first. 🌈

A rainbow against a blue sky and above green hill, in the foreground is a bed of various shrubs and a lawn

This morning’s rainbow 🌈

A rainbow traverses the sky, slightly broken by cloud. In the foreground is a flower bed full of vegetation and a lawn.

This afternoon’s rainbow, with a second very faint one just above it. 🌈

A rainbow over a hedge with a dark sky. A propane tank is in the middle of the hedge. A lawn in the foreground has the shadow of a roof on it.

A rainbow is never far away here, but the wet and windy weather is producing some good ones at the moment 🌈

The arch of a rainbow against a dark sky. Black gates in the foreground with start of a driveway. A tree and hedge go to the distance. A digger and house can be seen amongst green vegetation

On a roll at the moment. This evening’s rainbow 🌈

A full arc rainbow against a dark, rain threatening sky. A bush and lawn in the background. A concrete wall and partial driveway with wood stacked against the wall in the foreground

This morning’s rainbow 🌈

A complete rainbow arching across a small valley, grass and shrubs in the foreground, the ocean in the background

This morning’s rainbow 🌈

A full rainbow arching across a blue sky with scattered cloud. Beneath the rainbow is a tropical rural scene with a couple of houses a road going up a hill and curving away. The grey ocean is in the distance

Two sides of this evening.

A vibrant rainbow arcs across a cloudy sky at sunset, above a trimmed hedge and a leafless tree in the foreground.

A dark sunset sky with clouds and a crescent moon, with silhouettes of trees and hills on the horizon.

This morning’s rainbow 🌈

Early morning rainbow over Maui, the Pacific Ocean in the background

I felt as though this faint rainbow was kissing the sky this morning.

A faint, partial rainbow in the distance, over the ocean

Finally we have rain, along with two rainbows 🌈

Two rainbows and grey sky above a garden of bettlenuts and vegetable planters

This double rainbow, the second can be seen faintly above the first, appeared outside our house this morning. 🌈

A double rainbow, the second can be seen faintly above the first, seen from our house this morning

Your windy morning, double rainbow 🌈 A double rainbow above our garden as a Kona (westerly) storm blows through

This morning’s rainbow 🌈

Morning rainbow over the garden after a brief shower, with the sun coming out

This morning’s double rainbow 🌈

Double rainbow

This just slowed me down.

Kermit the Frog - “Rainbow Connection” 🎡

A Tuesday evening rainbow (a second is just visible) 🌈 Evening rainbows

A Sunday rainbow… Rainbow

…and a little later a double rainbow. 🌈 Double rainbow

Your Thursday evening rainbow 🌈

Rainbow

This evening’s rainbow 🌈

Rainbow

I love Rainbow Shower Trees. Their flowers come in yellow, as in this photo, red, a sort of hyrid of these two colours, white with a hint of yellow, white with a hint of red. For me a Rainbow Shower Tree in full bloom sings to me of joy and happiness, and on a hot day a mature tree offers plenty of shade.

This is not the best photo of Rainbow Shower Trees, but when I rounded the corner and saw them on this hot day, their brightness called out to me.

Rainbow Shower Trees

Morning rainbow 🌈

Rainbow

I’ll be hiking through Haleakala Crater tomorrow. I’m looking forward to being in that other world environment. Not so much to a couple of steep climbs on the route.

Here’s a video of a rainbow at the summit, dropping down into the Crater, in early December last year.

Evening light as rain approaches, a rainbow framing the scene. 🌈

I took this photo of what I’m calling a Ghost Rainbow at around 8:15pm this evening, and it had just been raining.

Ghost rainbow

Morning rainbow 🌈

A double rainbow crossed the sky this morning while I was on the phone to my mother. 🌈

This morning’s rainbow 🌈