Saturday, February 22, 2014

Solar time vs. local time...

Solar time vs. local time...  Here's a wonderful map (full resolution version) of the difference between Solar time and local time zones over the entire Earth.  This difference is what accounts for sunrises and sunsets being later or earlier (by clock time) in different locations around the globe.  This is the kind of data that really needs a good graphical treatment, and the creator of this map (Stefano Maggiolo) has done it brilliantly...

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