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Sky clock

A clock that carries its sky. Each zone shows not just the hour but the sun on its arc, the moon pulling water, the planetary hour walking its ancient rotation, the season a place is in. Time as a continuous field, not a number.

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Every zone carries a procedural ambient synthesized in your browser — wind over the Strand, Choate peepers, Istanbul ferry horn. No files, no licensing. Tap a on any card, or play the whole sky at once.

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El Segundo

Pacific edge · marine-layer coast

  • pop 17k
  • elev 27 ft
  • water Pacific ½ mi W
  • air LAX 1.5 mi NE
  • bio coastal sage scrub · SoCal Bight

33.9°N sun 29° up · E

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Strand golden hour to Manhattan

🚴 Strand counter: ~4,200 riders + walkers logged today

06:13 · 13h 16m of daylight 19:30

Venus hour · -2 of 12 · night

spring · day 34 of 93

April · June gloom still a month off, 62–68°F afternoons, jacarandas starting

NEARBY

  • The Strand → Manhattan Beach
  • El Porto surf breaks
  • Chevron refinery + its flame
  • Hyperion treatment plant
  • Downtown Main + Richmond
  • Dockweiler hang gliders
  • SpaceX on Rocket Road
  • LAX approach over Imperial Hwy

America/Los_Angeles

Medway, MA

Charles River headwaters · New England exurb

  • pop 13k
  • elev 180 ft
  • water Charles River 0.3 mi
  • city Boston 30 mi NE
  • bio eastern deciduous forest · Norfolk County

42.1°N sun 6° below

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porch lights, peeper frogs starting up

05:53 · 13h 41m of daylight 19:34

Saturn hour · 1 of 12 · night

spring · day 34 of 93

April · mud season ending, spring peepers going, maples budding, woodcocks at dusk

NEARBY

  • Choate Park + Pond
  • Medway Public Library
  • Restaurant 45
  • Medway House of Pizza
  • Charles River headwaters
  • Idylbrook Fields
  • Route 109 → I-495 commuter pipe
  • Franklin MBTA Line

America/New_York

NYC

Hudson estuary · Atlantic megalopolis

  • pop 8.3M
  • elev 33 ft
  • water Hudson + East Rivers
  • air JFK · LGA · EWR
  • bio northeastern coastal estuary · tidal straits

40.7°N sun 5° below

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Broadway curtain, after-theater steakhouse

06:06 · 13h 36m of daylight 19:42

Saturn hour · 1 of 12 · night

spring · day 34 of 93

April · cherry + magnolia peak in Central + Prospect, forsythia gone, 60°F on a good day

NEARBY

  • Central Park
  • Brooklyn Bridge
  • High Line
  • Grand Central
  • Katz's Delicatessen
  • Halal Guys 53rd & 6th
  • Washington Square
  • Times Square

America/New_York

London

Thames basin · North Sea reach

  • pop 9M
  • elev 36 ft
  • water Thames, tidal to Teddington
  • air LHR · LGW · LCY · STN
  • bio temperate deciduous · river mouth

51.5°N sun 26° below

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Thames slack, foxes on the bins

05:49 · 14h 19m of daylight 20:08

Moon hour · 7 of 12 · night

spring · day 34 of 93

April · daffodils done, bluebells in the woods, light until 8pm

NEARBY

  • Thames Path
  • Hyde Park + Serpentine
  • Camden Lock
  • South Bank
  • Soho Square
  • Brixton Market
  • Victoria Park
  • The City ↔ the West End

Europe/London

Mallorca

Balearic Sea · western Mediterranean

  • pop 900k island
  • elev 0–1,436 m
  • water Balearic Sea
  • air PMI Palma
  • bio Mediterranean island · almond + olive + pine

39.6°N sun 38° below

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quiet, stars, fishing boats easing out of Andratx

07:01 · 13h 32m of daylight 20:33

Moon hour · 7 of 12 · night

spring · day 34 of 93

April · almond blossom fading, sea still 16°C, cyclists on the Serra in peak season

NEARBY

  • Palma Cathedral (La Seu)
  • Port de Sóller
  • Cap de Formentor
  • Serra de Tramuntana
  • Playa de Palma
  • Andratx harbour
  • Deià village
  • Valldemossa monastery

Europe/Madrid

Istanbul

Bosphorus · two seas, two continents

  • pop 15M
  • elev 40 m
  • water Bosphorus + Marmara
  • air IST · SAW
  • bio thermophilic forest · strait ecology

41.0°N sun 30° below

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seagulls over empty ferries, trawler lights on Marmara

06:14 · 13h 36m of daylight 19:50

Jupiter hour · 9 of 12 · night

spring · day 34 of 93

April · Judas trees erupting purple on the Bosphorus, tulip festival in Emirgan

NEARBY

  • Galata Tower
  • Hagia Sophia + Blue Mosque
  • Grand Bazaar
  • Ortaköy mosque on the water
  • Kadıköy fish market
  • Beşiktaş ferry dock
  • Karaköy waterfront
  • Emirgan tulip fields

Europe/Istanbul

Tokyo

Tokyo Bay · Pacific rim · Kuroshio current

  • pop 14M
  • elev 40 m
  • water Tokyo Bay
  • air HND · NRT
  • bio temperate maritime · cherry + cedar

35.7°N sun 48° up · SE

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Yamanote crush, salary-reds behind newspapers

04:59 · 13h 20m of daylight 18:19

Jupiter hour · 4 of 12 · day

spring · day 34 of 93

April · hanami winding down, fresh green (ao) taking over, 18°C

NEARBY

  • Shibuya Crossing
  • Tokyo Tower
  • Toyosu fish market
  • Yoyogi Park + Meiji Jingu
  • Asakusa · Senso-ji
  • Harajuku Takeshita
  • Roppongi Hills
  • Sumida River walks

Asia/Tokyo

Mexico City

Valle de México · former Lake Texcoco · 2,240 m plateau

  • pop 22M metro
  • elev 7,350 ft
  • water none · drained lakebed
  • air MEX 8 mi E · NLU 30 mi N
  • bio high-altitude basin · volcanic rim (Popo · Izta)

19.4°N sun 11° up · E

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post-comida second wind, meetings resume in Polanco

06:13 · 12h 43m of daylight 18:56

Moon hour · 0 of 12 · night

spring · day 34 of 93

April · jacarandas peaked, dry season ending, 24°C afternoons, air reddening at sunset, first rains due in weeks

NEARBY

  • Zócalo + Catedral Metropolitana
  • Paseo de la Reforma
  • Bosque de Chapultepec
  • Coyoacán · plaza + Casa Azul
  • Mercado de la Merced
  • Plaza Garibaldi
  • Teotihuacán on the horizon
  • Popocatépetl + Iztaccíhuatl

America/Mexico_City