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Hours of sunshine per day: Eleven. South Africa’s legislative capital is entering summer come December, making it one of the best months to visit. Temperatures over 20C make it a good time to ...
In photography, the golden hour is the period of daytime shortly after sunrise or before sunset, during which daylight is redder and softer than when the sun is higher in the sky. The golden hour is also sometimes called the magic hour, especially by cinematographers and photographers. [1][2] During these times, the brightness of the sky ...
Twilight. Twilight is the time period between dawn and sunrise, or between sunset and dusk. Morning twilight: astronomical, nautical, and civil stages at dawn. The apparent disk of the Sun is shown to scale. [1] Evening twilight: civil, nautical, and astronomical stages at dusk. The solar disk is shown to scale.
Tala (goddess) Tala, based on Hindu goddess Tara, is the name of the goddess of the morning and evening star in Tagalog mythology. Her origins are varied depending on the region. Golden Tara, the Majapahit -era gold statue of Hindu deity Tara or Tagalog adoption Tala was found in 1918 in Agusan. [1][2] The legend of Tala has very close ...
Evening. Evening is the period of a day that begins at the end of daylight and overlaps with the beginning of night. [1] It generally indicates the period of time when the sun is close to the horizon and comprises the periods of civil, nautical and astronomical twilight. The exact times when evening begins and ends are subjective and depend on ...
A sun dog (or sundog) or mock sun, also called a parhelion[1] (plural parhelia) in atmospheric science, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Sun. Two sun dogs often flank the Sun within a 22° halo. The sun dog is a member of the family of halos caused by the refraction of sunlight by ...
Georgia O'Keeffe was raised on a large, rural dairy farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, in the late 19th century.Her exposure to nature during her childhood is said to have contributed to her artistic development, leading her to focus on becoming an artist at a young age.
Freikörperkultur (FKK) is a social and health culture that originated in the German Empire; its beginnings were historically part of the Lebensreform social movement in the late 19th century. [1][2][3] Freikörperkultur, which translated as 'free body culture', includes both the health aspects of being naked in light, air and sun and an ...