Calm to light winds are the most desirable for a balloon flight. Wind is created by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface. The winds are lightest when the sun is rising (Earth is just starting to warm) or setting (Earth has already started to cool). A balloon flight revolves around Mother Nature and we don't like to test her limits. PLEASE be on time for your flight since it is very important that we take off as scheduled.

The most popular places to see sunrise are: Dante's View, Zabriskie Point, and the sand dunes. Sunset locations also include Zabriskie Point and the sand dunes, but Artist's Palette and Aguereberry Point are also very good.

Here are the specifics for Silverton: Friday, July 11: Sunrise 5:58 am Sunset 8:34 pm Moonrise 12:25 pm Moonset after midnight 39% waxing Saturday, July 12: Sunrise 5:59 am Sunset 8:34 pm Moonrise 1:20 pm Moonset 12:29 am 50% waxing Sunday, July 13: Sunrise 5:59 am Sunset 8:33 pm Moonrise 2:17 pm Moonset 1:013 am 58% waxing

Prepare for a shock! There has been a lot of speculation about which country, city, town will be the one to see the first sun-rise of the new millennium. Countries have even been jumping the international date line in order to achieve this status. If you really want to see the first sunrise then get your thermals on and head for Antarctica.

Alaska time is one hour later than Pacific time, two hours behind Mountain Time, three hours behind Central Time and four hours behind Eastern Time. Daylight savings time occurs as in most states from April to October. Get sunrise and sunset information on your trip. (Select Ketchikan, Thorne Bay, or Craig for the nearest locations.)

Not necessarily. Nearly all viewpoints face east and offer spectacular views of the canyons bathed in morning's rich, dramatic light. The two most popular viewpoints for sunrise are Sunrise Point and Bryce Point. For sunset, pick your favorite overlook (we recommend Inspiration Point or Paria View) and plan to arrive 1½ hours before sunset for the best lighting.

Although a pilot cannot turn a balloon right or left he or she can usually maneuver in various wind currents in several different directions thus giving the pilot a reasonable degree of directional control. One of the mysteries of balloon flight is you never know where you are going to land, that makes each flight an adventure.

Yes. Normally, the critical aircraft operation is take-off and the runway length required is based on: 1) weight of aircraft, 2) temperature, and 3) elevation. With the runway length and elevation being givens, the remaining factors, weight of aircraft and temperature, will be used to determine the distance the aircraft can fly non-stop. Each airline (aircraft operator) has different criteria regarding aircraft operations under conditions present at the time of flight.

Yes, it is shown in the About window (View, About). The times are shown in GMT. Also local standard time is shown.

All the villas have slightly different orientations, but from all living rooms, you are able to see sunrise and sunset over the sea, depending on which month sunsets behind the mountains.

With little year round variations, the sun rises between 5:15 and 5:30am and begins setting around 5:30pm. Gianfranco G?mez and Tracie Stice. All Rights Reserved. The use of any photographs, reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior consent of the owner - is an infringement of the copyright law and is forbidden.

Go to the screen called "sun" and enter the correct longitude and latitude data according to your location (default data are those of Montreal).

You will be flying with Melbourne’s most experienced team. You can rely on our Chief Pilot – Chris Shorten a Melbourne native to show you the best that Melbourne has to offer.

The best weather conditions for ballooning exists near sunrise, and a few hours before sunset. Flight times vary as the flying season progresses. Generally, your gondola ride is either an hour after sunrise, or an hour before sunset.

Many standard sources of sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset are for particular locations, such as Central Park, in New York City. The times listed are only valid for that location. MES can calculate the precise time of these astronomical events for your specific location. In addition MES can also provide the times of the beginning and ending of civil twilight, as well as the location of the sun, if required.

Environment Canada is not an official source for this data, however as a courtesy, approximations for sunrise and sunset are available on the city forecast page nearest your location. Official times for sunrise and sunset can be found on the Web site of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics of the National Research Council of Canada. Web site options for calculating moonrise/moonset include: Timeanddate.com or the U.S. Naval Observatory site.

No, but you can search the Internet and find code that others have made available. Try Online Calculators and Sky & Telescope -- follow the Resources link. I got my algorithms from a book, "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus, ISBN 0-943396-35-2, published by Willmann-Bell Inc. He also has a book "Astronomical Formula for Calculators" that is probably better for programmers. You can order them at a real bookstore or online.