T H E  O B S E R V A T O R Y  ·  P L A T E  I I I

Two suns, two lives.

G O L D E N  H O U R  ·  1 6 – 1 9 H
BRISTOL
→
MAURITIUS
EIGHT YEARS OF DAYS, FOLDED INTO TWO DIALS · NOON TOP, MIDNIGHT BELOW · PALE CURVE = THIS PLACE'S WHOLE DAY · DASHED CURVE = THE OTHER PLACE, FOR COMPARISON · COLOURED CURVES = EACH GENRE · THE SIX SMALL DIALS BELOW SWAP THAT ROUND: GREY = BRISTOL, COLOUR = MAURITIUS · EVERY CURVE IS A SHARE OF ITS OWN PLACE'S HOURS, ON ONE SCALE, RISING FROM THE SAME MARKED BASELINE · LOCAL TIME · DRAG AROUND A DIAL TO MEASURE A SPAN · CLICK AN HOUR TO PIN IT
P E A K  H O U R
A F T E R  M I D N I G H T
G O L D E N  H O U R  ·  1 6 – 1 9 H
H O U R S  H E A R D

The hours of the days — every value

LOCAL HOURBRISTOL HBRI SHAREMAURITIUS HMRU SHARE
BIG DIALS · PALE — THIS PLACE · DASHED — THE OTHER · COLOUR — GENRE