Weather hates me. I’ve been to the Space Needle twice and both times the visibility was effectively zero. We get some pretty views around here, too, but you have to climb a hill, there are no tall buildings.
There seems to be very little artificial light from the area in the foreground. Assuming no power outage, is this because the street lights, etc. have yet to switch on or is this one of those 46rare cities that still provides a decent view of the night sky, ie. something more than the Moon and half a dozen prominent stars?
AoS: that’s what my Scottish grandmother _always_ said when I showed up improperly dressed. You didn’t think this through. Why didn’t you think to bring a sweater? Why didn’t you think to bring your six km high stilts? Geez, gran, so sometimes my head’s a bit in the clouds… So to speak.
Acolyte @ 4 – Hmm, interesting question. The time stamp was 5:40 (the cam starts over every ten minutes) – and of course the sun is obviously below the horizon, so I would think a lot of lights would be on in that area in the foreground. You’re right that that’s odd. There was no power outage and really it’s impossible that all those lights were simply switched off. I don’t know how to explain the apparent blackout.
Like…that whale-shaped lump at the far edge of the city, that’s completely black – that’s actually a residential area and that whole hillside lights up with house and street lights at night.
Here I was envying you, and you were in the same place I was.
(If you are truly literal minded, I should explain that I was not, in fact, at Ophelia’s desk. I was at my own desk, a long way from Seattle, a long way from the ocean. Sigh.)
Heh. I was still a bit enviable – I could see the spectacularosity of the sunset from said desk, and more of it from the window when I got up to walk 10 feet or so and look out of it. But for the full panorama I need to go outside and walk about 5 minutes…or look at the Needlecam. Since I still had things to say about Trump, I didn’t go out this time.
Re the odd low lights thing: I’ve taken photos in which this seemed to happen, more on film, tho’. It’s a dynamic range thing in that case: film exposed for the sky just barely registers artificial lighting… Figure it’s probably this, here, too, notwithstanding I probably can’t assume the CMOS or CCD technology presumably in that webcam is quite the same this way. But anyway, maybe it being sunset, not a lot of streetlights are on yet, and the lights in the building just aren’t registering much.
Yesterday for the first time in years, nay decades, we went to the Pike Place market and ate lunch at The Athenian. Most of their seats are window view seats and it was spectacular. I have been so wrought up I barely notice where I am. Shit. Seattle has SOME VIEWS in offer.
Ah I love the view from the Market. I worked at the Aquarium for awhile once upon a time, and I would often run up there to eat lunch – there was a public sitting area where you could bring your own lunch (or breakfast or tea or midnight snack).
The lights: I looked at one in full darkness and that’s what there is – nearly full darkness with some bits of neon.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Needed a break from all the bad things going on, and this hit the spot.
Lovely!
Weather hates me. I’ve been to the Space Needle twice and both times the visibility was effectively zero. We get some pretty views around here, too, but you have to climb a hill, there are no tall buildings.
A lovely sunset.
There seems to be very little artificial light from the area in the foreground. Assuming no power outage, is this because the street lights, etc. have yet to switch on or is this one of those 46rare cities that still provides a decent view of the night sky, ie. something more than the Moon and half a dozen prominent stars?
46rare? Bloody ‘smart’ phone.
latsot, I’ve been told that there is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing. Not that this helps with your problem :-)
Re ‘Not that this helps with your problem…’
Perhaps some _extremely_ long stilts and woolens suitable for the high troposphere?
AJ, Brilliant! I really should have thought that through, shouldn’t I?
AoS: that’s what my Scottish grandmother _always_ said when I showed up improperly dressed. You didn’t think this through. Why didn’t you think to bring a sweater? Why didn’t you think to bring your six km high stilts? Geez, gran, so sometimes my head’s a bit in the clouds… So to speak.
Acolyte @ 4 – Hmm, interesting question. The time stamp was 5:40 (the cam starts over every ten minutes) – and of course the sun is obviously below the horizon, so I would think a lot of lights would be on in that area in the foreground. You’re right that that’s odd. There was no power outage and really it’s impossible that all those lights were simply switched off. I don’t know how to explain the apparent blackout.
Like…that whale-shaped lump at the far edge of the city, that’s completely black – that’s actually a residential area and that whole hillside lights up with house and street lights at night.
Very odd.
Oh I hadn’t mentioned the cam, had I.
I didn’t take these from the Space Needle – the Needle’s webcam took them. I was down here at my desk.
http://50yrcamera.spaceneedle.net/
So, latsot, if you want to see what the view is like when it’s not solid cloud, check out the Needlecam.
Like, here’s roughly the same view on February 13th, which was a very bright clear day.
Here I was envying you, and you were in the same place I was.
(If you are truly literal minded, I should explain that I was not, in fact, at Ophelia’s desk. I was at my own desk, a long way from Seattle, a long way from the ocean. Sigh.)
Heh. I was still a bit enviable – I could see the spectacularosity of the sunset from said desk, and more of it from the window when I got up to walk 10 feet or so and look out of it. But for the full panorama I need to go outside and walk about 5 minutes…or look at the Needlecam. Since I still had things to say about Trump, I didn’t go out this time.
Now however all I see is a blur of grey.
Re the odd low lights thing: I’ve taken photos in which this seemed to happen, more on film, tho’. It’s a dynamic range thing in that case: film exposed for the sky just barely registers artificial lighting… Figure it’s probably this, here, too, notwithstanding I probably can’t assume the CMOS or CCD technology presumably in that webcam is quite the same this way. But anyway, maybe it being sunset, not a lot of streetlights are on yet, and the lights in the building just aren’t registering much.
Yesterday for the first time in years, nay decades, we went to the Pike Place market and ate lunch at The Athenian. Most of their seats are window view seats and it was spectacular. I have been so wrought up I barely notice where I am. Shit. Seattle has SOME VIEWS in offer.
Ah I love the view from the Market. I worked at the Aquarium for awhile once upon a time, and I would often run up there to eat lunch – there was a public sitting area where you could bring your own lunch (or breakfast or tea or midnight snack).
The lights: I looked at one in full darkness and that’s what there is – nearly full darkness with some bits of neon.