- Date
- 1959-06-28
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weathercommunitytourismcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1959 Beaver Beacon describes a bright rainbow over Paradise Bay on June 28, with a fainter second rainbow above it.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper observation, not an instrument record, weather-station report, or climatological measurement.
Sources
- Describes a vivid rainbow framing Paradise Bay late Sunday afternoon June 28 and a fainter rainbow above it. It is a contemporaneous newspaper observation, not an instrument record or weather-station report. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1959-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported rainbow observation; it does not provide meteorological measurements.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beacon reports a double rainbow over Paradise Bay, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-paradise-bay-rainbow-observation-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1959, "BEAUTY OVER PARADISE BAY." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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