Mapping the Light: Sunrise & Sunset / / No Comments Sunrise and Sunset is an interactive map that displays the sunrise and sunset times for any location on Earth, for any day of the year. It also visualizes the sun’s altitude throughout the seasons.By moving the white dot around the calendar ring, you can change the date to view how daylight hours shift across the year. A yellow curve tracks the sun’s altitude above the horizon from dawn to Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Light, Mapping, Sunrise, Sunset
Is Light Pollution Getting Better? / / No Comments David J. Lorenz’s Light Pollution Atlas 2006, 2016, 2020 includes global light pollution layers for three different years. It also includes a layer which shows where light pollution around the world has become better or worse during 2014-2020.This 2014-2020 light pollution trend layer shows that light pollution in most of the UK and France and in the eastern U.S. significantly reduced from Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: better, Getting, Light, Pollution