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At Rainbow (Waiānuenue) Falls, the Wailuku River rushes into a large pool below. The gorge is blanketed by lush, dense nonnative tropical rainforest and the turquoise-colored pool is bordered by beautiful, although nonnative, wild ginger. Monstera is also in abundance. The falls are accessible via Wailuku River State Park, Waiānuenue Avenue, coordinates 19°43′9″N 155°6′34″W, and are best seen from the park’s viewing platform.

Known in the Hawaiian language as Waiānuenue (literally “rainbow water”),^[1] the falls flows over a natural lava cave, the mythological home to Hina, an ancient Hawaiian goddess.^[2]

Rainbow Falls derives its name from the fact that, on sunny mornings around 10 am, rainbows can be seen in the mist thrown up by the waterfall.”

Ref: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Falls_(Hawaii)

Google Maps:

Rainbow Falls
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6hmWiXrBYcy8VoTCA

My comments: The beauty of the Big Island is as bottomless as the ocean floor or depths of the abyss. (QM)

Boiling Pots on Google Maps:

Boiling Pots
https://maps.app.goo.gl/sbx9eXcy4hhW4VXr6

Boiling Pots:

This Natural Phenomenon In Hawaii Is Incredible But Deadly

“Located just one mile past the famous Rainbow Falls on Hawaii Island’s Wailuku River is an equally gorgeous – but quite deadly – natural phenomena. Pe’epe’e Falls feeds a series of several pools known as the boiling pots, a beautiful slice of paradise that serves as a reminder that mother nature may not always be kind, but she is always in charge.

Connected by a series of cascading waterfalls along columns that were formed from the slow cooling of basalt lava, these pools appear to be bubbling – almost as if they were boiling.

Wailuku River, the second largest river in Hawaii, flows 18 miles along the line where lava from Hawaii Island’s two major volcanoes – Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea – meet. The river eroded a gorge in the lava flows, and at boiling pots, the cooling lava created a deadly landscape. When swollen with storm water, the water rises and water in the pools becomes turbulent – and appears to be, quite literally, boiling.

The beautiful landscape serves as the backdrop for one of Hawaii’s many legends. The story goes that Mo’o Kuna, a vengeful lizard, was trying to drown Hina – the Hawaiian goddess of the moon whom dwells beneath Rainbow Falls.

Hina’s son, Maui, came to her rescue and chased the mo’o from Rainbow Falls upstream to the pools just below the overlook. Mo’o was hiding in the pools, and Maui couldn’t get a good shot, so he called upon Pele – the goddess of fire – who gave him hot stones to throw in the river. As a result, the water started boiling, thus driving Mo’o Kuna from his hiding place.”

Ref: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/hawaii/hi-boiling-pots/