Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Is the sun rising or setting?

 


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  1. Rising -- just feels like it's rising...plus the boat is heading out to sea.

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    1. Da boat is at a bouy dude, Lol, however boat is facing out to sea into the breeze and land heats faster than water so air rises over land and is replaced by air coming from over cooler water. (Sea breeze)
      The answer to this excellent question for me.. morning

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  2. far bank indicates tide out. morning.

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  3. Tides go out in the evening as well, that is the westerly coast of Monhegan Island, Maine looking back toward New Harbor, so it's sunset.

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  4. And that boat is anchored to the mooring ball

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    1. Moored.

      Anchored is with anchor.
      Moored is with mooring.

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  5. The boat has a swordfishing rig so it's the Atlantic Ocean which is East of land, so it is sunset.

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    1. You presume the camera is looking south. What if it's looking north?

      But the general lighting and condition of the sky implies sunset to me. There is an ineffable difference between the two, probably due to air particulates and fog.

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  6. Rising. There's lichen growing on the eastern surfaces of the roofs but none on the surfaces facing us, which indicates that those surfaces are hostile (due to sunlight) to lichen. If the surfaces facing us were lichen-covered, then we'd conclude that the sun was setting or that all surfaces were covered with lichen.

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