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09/25/2007 11:51:03 AM · #1 |
Saw a link on Luminous Landscape today to a fancy little item call the YES Watch! Basically, it tells you all kinds of cool lighting info like sunrise/set, moonrise/set, tides, etc, programmed for 600 cities around the world for the next 100 years.
At $875 bucks, it'll probably delay your next lens purchase (for a few months, at least!)
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09/25/2007 12:20:13 PM · #2 |
Sweet gadget. The tide tables would be pretty useless around here though; in a radius of 20 miles or so we have a couple hours variation in time of tide...
R.
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09/25/2007 12:23:17 PM · #3 |
Heh, that is some sweet action! Not sure I'm gonna go out and bust $900 on it, but I'll keep my eye out for one laying on the ground... :)
I agree with Robert, tides are big. I find myself using that website all the time.
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09/25/2007 12:23:32 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Sweet gadget. The tide tables would be pretty useless around here though; in a radius of 20 miles or so we have a couple hours variation in time of tide...
R. |
I got pretty excited by the tide tables, actually... here in Vancouver theres quite a bit of variation in the tides, so knowing the tide tables in combination with sunrise/sunsets is key for stuff like chasing herons around the tide flats in good light. I have "the days" marked down months in advance... :-P
Message edited by author 2007-09-25 12:25:29. |
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09/25/2007 12:52:04 PM · #5 |
| Tide! in northern Minnesota? You buy it at the store. Moon and sun rise happens when it comes over the horizon; it varies by a couple of minutes per day. I think I can figure it out. Thus, I'll take the glass anytime over a watch. |
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09/25/2007 12:59:41 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by d56ranger:
Moon and sun rise happens when it comes over the horizon; it varies by a couple of minutes per day. I think I can figure it out. |
I think the sunrise/set times vary by about 4 minutes/day, depending on latitude. However, it's easy enough to look it up here. |
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09/25/2007 01:04:04 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by d56ranger:
Moon and sun rise happens when it comes over the horizon; it varies by a couple of minutes per day. I think I can figure it out. |
I think the sunrise/set times vary by about 4 minutes/day, depending on latitude. However, it's easy enough to look it up here. |
You're taking the fun out of my new gadget-lust object! |
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09/25/2007 01:35:19 PM · #8 |
| Changes in sunrise/sunset times vary also according to how close/far to/from equinoxes and solstices as well as according to latitude. But option does well to lust: you couldn't pay me enough money even just to sit down and try to figure out the tides in our part of the world. |
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09/25/2007 01:44:01 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by tnun:
Changes in sunrise/sunset times vary also according to how close/far to/from equinoxes and solstices as well as according to latitude. But option does well to lust: you couldn't pay me enough money even just to sit down and try to figure out the tides in our part of the world. |
The point is, the tide tables in each of the zones in a device like that are "generic", they assume neutral topography. This works fine for the average temperate-zone, ocean coastline but is virtually useless for deeply-indented coastlines at higher latitudes, for marshes and tidal channels and the like, where the difference in time between high tide in two nearby locations can vary by a significant amount, sometimes hours.
What the device WOULD be good for is advance planning for distant locations, where you can see ballpark figures and plan accordingly.
 option has the right idea for sure; peruse tide tables for months in advance and mark on your calendar days that have good conjunction of low tides and early/late light, because those are the golden shooting times in the intertidal/coastal zones.
R.
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09/25/2007 01:44:59 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by option:
Saw a link on Luminous Landscape today to a fancy little item call the YES Watch! Basically, it tells you all kinds of cool lighting info like sunrise/set, moonrise/set, tides, etc, programmed for 600 cities around the world for the next 100 years.
At $875 bucks, it'll probably delay your next lens purchase (for a few months, at least!) |
Does in factor in Al Gore's ClimateChange(tm) Effect?
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