The day
Sunrise
Sunrise is the moment the top edge of the sun appears above a flat horizon.
Sol times it for a sea horizon; a hill or a building across the street makes yours later.
Golden hour, the twilights and the moon, where you stand.
Sol for iPhone is coming soon, with each of them for the place you stand, on your phone and your wrist.
Sunrise, where you stand.
You stand at the middle of your horizon. The dots are the sun’s path today, warm where the light turns golden; the stage opens at sunrise. Slide through the day, or drag the sky to turn it.
How Sol measures it.
Sol times it for the upper edge at a sea horizon with refraction included — the standard 0.833° below the geometric horizon, which is what almanacs print. Refraction lifts the sun by about its own width, so you see it a couple of minutes before it is geometrically there; a cold, dense morning lifts it more.
Make time for the light.
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