Don't blame it on the sunshine, don't blame it on the moonlight

#10: Watch the sun set and rise again in one night



I think this'll be a cool one. It is possibly something I've done before as well, but never with the sole purpose of watching the world change as it gets dark, and then slowly gets light again.

Twilight is interesting because its one of surprisingly few times when your eyes play tricks on you in normal life. Generally, our eyes are really good at adjusting to lighting conditions - be it sunlight compared to artificial light (the spectra of light emitted from tungsten lightbulbs is composed of greater amounts of long wavelength light, meaning things should appear redder), objects in shadow versus those in shade, and of course, day versus night.

I personally really like nighttime. Everything takes on a silent, slightly eerie quality, in total contrast to how the same area might be during the day. Particularly when it's starting to get light again, but the world hasn't caught up yet and is still sleeping.

I would really like to do this somewhere with a great view, to get the most of the changes in light. Maybe I can also see the moon illusion as well. So I'm thinking Brandon Hill in Bristol might be a good one...

Image nicked from Charlie at flickr. Cheers Charlie, nice work!

[Please excuse the MJ reference - making tributes seems the cool thing to do right now, and once I'd thought of it I couldn't resist. RIP Jacko!]