Month: August 2024

This list is far from exhaustive; local knowledge will know of (or work out with map and compass) equinoctial photo hotspots…

… and if a flat horizon isn’t available, but your shot adds to the story – go for it!

Photos can be taken on modern smartphones, but a zoom camera will capture the best images, especially if the viewpoint is high on a headland, building, upper deck, etc…

To check timezone approximated (≠ 30 mins of solar or sundial) times of sunrise and sunset Google the information for a nearby city on the same line of longitude to your location or use this website:

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20240922T1243&msg=September%20equinox%202024

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Sunrise due East flat horizon 6am solar time

OCEANIA

Pacific Islands, New Zealand Christchurch, Australia Great Barrier Reef, Brisbane, Sydney

ASIA

Japan, China Shanghai, Hong Kong

SE Asia:  Singapore

S Asia: India Chennai, Sri Lanka Trincomalee

Middle East: Muscat, Doha, Kuwait

EUROPE

Greece, Italy Venice, Rimini, Syracuse, Norway, Sweden, Denmark

UK east-facing coast Dover, Flamborough Head, Aberdeen, John O’Groats (Duncansby Head)

Ireland Dublin, France, Spain Barcelona, Valencia, Gibraltar

AFRICA

Tunisia, Egypt, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, South Africa Durban

AMERICAS

North: Canada Toronto US Boston, Miami, Milwaukee, Chicago

Central, Caribbean: Mexico Cancun

South America: Guyana, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Uraguay Montevideo, Argentina Buenos Aires  

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Sunset due West flat horizon 6pm solar time

OCEANIA

Pacific Islands Honolulu, New Zealand, Australia Perth, Adelaide

ASIA

Japan Nagasaki bay, China Hong Kong

SE Asia: Philippines Manila, Singapore

S Asia: Bangladesh Chittagong India Mumbai, Goa Pakistan Karachi, Sri Lanka Colombo, Galle

Middle East: Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Gaza, Israel Tel Aviv, Lebanon Beirut

EUROPE

Greece, Croatia Dubrovnik, Italy Trieste, Bay of Naples, Norway, Sweden Gothenburg, Denmark, Netherlands The Hague

UK west-facing coast Land’s End, Gower, Blackpool, Iona

Ireland, France Le Havre, Marseille, Biarritz, Spain Vigo, Cadiz, Portugal Porto, Lisbon (Cascais), Iceland Reykjavik

AFRICA

Morocco Casablanca, Senegal Dakar, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gabon, Angola, Namibia, South Africa Cape Town

AMERICAS

North: Canada Vancouver, US San Francisco, Los Angeles 

Central America, Caribbean: Barbados Bridgetown, Mexico

South America: Colombia Cartagena, Ecuador, Peru Lima, Chile

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Appendix 1: inland lakes and plains with both sunrise and sunset available

 Uganda: Lake Victoria USA Great Lakes, Utah: Great Salt Lake

The plains of East Africa, central Canada & USA, eastern Europe and Russia could produce images of semi-circular setting suns on a flat horizon 

Bonus images: from within the Arctic Circle. Double Bonus: from Antarctica

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Appendix 2: Headlands and islands with both sunrise and sunset available

Ecuador Galapagos Islands, Greece Rodos Town, Shetland Sumburgh head, NW Scotland Cape Wrath, SW Scotland Mull of Galloway, S England Isle of Wight (Bembridge-Needles), The Lizard, Portland Bill, Portugal Sagres, S Africa Cape Town (Cape of Good Hope), Mexico Baja California (S tip)

and don’t forget shipping: ferries, cruise liners, yachts could provide an excellent opportunity.

© Martin Nelson. 28th August 2024

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