The daytime light in Hawaii is noticeably different than that in Kansas City. This picture shows the light from about 2:00 pm today in the sky over Hilo and the Pacific Ocean.
It seems far brighter here, and the air is generally cleaner, and free of smog. While we have a unique form of air pollution here known as "vog", or volcanic smog, it is present only occasionally, and not today.
The sun is more directly overhead here than in Kansas City, due to Hilo's latitude of 20 degrees, compared to Kansas City's latitude of nearly 40 degrees. The sunlight is more intense, and can cause more immediate burns from being in direct sunlight too long.
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