{"id":448,"date":"2009-06-22T01:24:54","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T06:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2014-12-14T21:44:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T02:44:37","slug":"the-beauty-of-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/22\/the-beauty-of-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty of Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"WTC

WTC Plaza, 2001, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

Those of us who live in the Northeastern United States have experienced one of the wettest Springs on record, and the rain has continued through the solstice season.\u00a0 Perhaps as the climate changes, the regions that depend on snowmelt for water are becoming drier while those that depend on rainfall are becoming wetter, or perhaps it is just an unusually wet year.\u00a0 Either way, it’s a good time to appreciate the beauty of rain, so here’s a collection of my photographs from past rainy seasons in New York.\u00a0 Above, from early 2001, the plaza of the World Trade Center.<\/p>\n

Storm drains in the city are easily clogged, and in a hard rain the gutters become rivers.<\/p>\n

\"Submerged

Submerged Curb, 2001, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Rain

Rain Gutter, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bus

Bus Stop River, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

In a sudden heavy downpour, you take shelter or in minutes you can be as wet as though you’d gone for a swim fully clothed.<\/p>\n

\"Don't

Don't Walk, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"LIC

LIC Downpour, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bodega

Bodega Rain Shelter, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

In the photo immediately above, notice the cataract pouring into the storm drain.<\/p>\n

After the rain, everything is shiny.\u00a0 Trees are diamond-encrusted.<\/p>\n

\"Tree

Tree Diamonds, 2004, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

Rain beads up on cars, especially if they’ve been waxed.\u00a0 Under streetlights at night, an ordinary car glitters like Liberace’s rhinestone Roadster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Bejeweled

Bejeweled Car, 2001, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

And even if there are no sunbeams to make rainbows, oil slicks on asphalt will give a little chromatic thrill.<\/p>\n

\"Oil

Oil Slick, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

Every street and sidewalk becomes a rough mirror, and a whole reflected world opens up beneath our feet.<\/p>\n

\"Stripes,

Stripes, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Green,

Green, Red, Yellow, 2004, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Wine

Wine & Liquors, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

Colored lights are everywhere in the city, and wet streets turn them into fantastic, dramatic alarms.<\/p>\n

\"Tail

Tail Light, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

Water manifests fire in red brakelights.<\/p>\n

\"Fire

Fire and Water, 2001, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

The neon extravagance of 42nd Street becomes downright psychedelic.<\/p>\n

\"Iridescent

Iridescent Crosswalk, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

But even a relatively minimalist display takes on a new splendor.<\/p>\n

\"Reflections

Reflections in Green & White, 2001, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

Rain produces different but equally ravishing effects in a more rural environment, and it is as important as sunshine in producing foliage and flowers.\u00a0 Celebrate rain!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Those of us who live in the Northeastern United States have experienced one of the wettest Springs on record, and the rain has continued through the solstice season.\u00a0 Perhaps as the climate changes, the regions that depend on snowmelt for water are becoming drier while those that depend on rainfall are becoming wetter, or perhaps […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[195],"tags":[61,82,29,27],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography-weather","tag-nature","tag-nyc","tag-seasons","tag-urban-landscape"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Beauty of Rain - 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