The day
The day
The day
A lake at first light and the same lake at noon are not the same body of water, and almost nothing that lives in it is where it was four hours ago. Set a location and this becomes eight phases worked out from the sun's real position over your own ground — what the light is doing, what it means on a single leaf and across the whole landscape, and where every fish and insect in the guide has gone.
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What you get for each phase
First light
The sun's height and bearing, the region's own story up close and at landscape scale, and who is awake.
Sunrise
The sun's height and bearing, the region's own story up close and at landscape scale, and who is awake.
Morning
The sun's height and bearing, the region's own story up close and at landscape scale, and who is awake.
Midday
The sun's height and bearing, the region's own story up close and at landscape scale, and who is awake.
Afternoon
The sun's height and bearing, the region's own story up close and at landscape scale, and who is awake.
Golden hour
The sun's height and bearing, the region's own story up close and at landscape scale, and who is awake.
Dusk
The sun's height and bearing, the region's own story up close and at landscape scale, and who is awake.
Night
The sun's height and bearing, the region's own story up close and at landscape scale, and who is awake.
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