Enlightening Journeys

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Colin,

What I like, that no-one has really mentioned, is the red, blue, yellow lines - I guess the blue is the sky reflected off the central barriers? It looks too straight to be another vehicle straddling the centre of the carriageway.

PS, That's not the wrong side of the road at all

[Colin Southern]

They drive on the same side of the road as we do, Terri. The difference is that everything seems reversed because they're on the other side of the equator.

To be honest, it's not something I really think about - but - what DID get my attention (after many decades of being on this earth) was the direction the sun tracks across the sky; I'm used to seeing it track further and further to the left as it drops lower and lower in the sky, and yet I believe it tracks to the right in the northern hemisphere?

[Colin Southern]

Hi Colin,

What I like, that no-one has really mentioned, is the red, blue, yellow lines - I guess the blue is the sky reflected off the central barriers? It looks too straight to be another vehicle straddling the centre of the carriageway.

PS, That's not the wrong side of the road at all

Hi Dave,

They're actually white lines ... just road markings. The blue probably comes from the white balance not being "technically correct" (I actually didn't even adjust it -- camera was just set on AWB, which would have carried through to ACR). The colours in that area are pushed pretty hard - so probably a case of small WB "error" multiplied by big saturation increase.

[Nat]

What a grand view....love the colors....well done.

[Mike Buckley]

Yes, it tracks to the right. You can see that displayed in Google Earth using the capability that displays where the sun is during the day.

[Donald]

To be honest, it's not something I really think about - but - what DID get my attention (after many decades of being on this earth) was the direction the sun tracks across the sky; I'm used to seeing it track further and further to the left as it drops lower and lower in the sky, and yet I believe it tracks to the right in the northern hemisphere?

Y'know, that's one of those things that had never occurred to me. But now that you mention it ............!

It must indeed strike the first time viewer (from whichever hemisphere) as quite unusual.

[Colin Southern]

What a grand view....love the colors....well done.

Thanks Nat

[Colin Southern]

Yes, it tracks to the right. You can see that displayed in Google Earth using the capability that displays where the sun is during the day.

Gosh - next you'll be telling me that east is to the left and west is to the right when facing north!

[Colin Southern]

Y'know, that's one of those things that had never occurred to me. But now that you mention it ............!

It must indeed strike the first time viewer (from whichever hemisphere) as quite unusual.

Yeah -- and either way probably completely freaks out anyone who lives on the equator!

[MajaMolly]

So, the red and yellowish lines are the trails from the headlights and taillights? Really neat image.

[Mike Buckley]

It must indeed strike the first time viewer (from whichever hemisphere) as quite unusual.

Perhaps it's a testament to my immense capacity to be unbelievably unobservant that I never noticed when traveling on the other side of the equator that the track of the sun changes.

[Mike Buckley]

Gosh - next you'll be telling me that east is to the left and west is to the right when facing north!

I'll only tell you that at the Panama Canal, the Pacific Ocean is to the east and the Atlantic Ocean is to the west.

[Colin Southern]

Perhaps it's a testament to my immense capacity to be unbelievably unobservant that I never noticed when traveling on the other side of the equator that the track of the sun changes.

Perhaps it only happens when people are watching?