Today’s Almanac for Sunday April 12

Today’s Almanac

Night before dawn is 5 hours and 48 minutes,
Dawn starts at 5:48 am and runs for 29 minutes,
Sunrise is at 6:17 am which is 5 hours and 42 minutes before noon,
High noon, the transit of the sun, is at 12:56 pm,
From twelve noon to the sunset at 7:34 pm is 7 hours and 34 minutes,
Dusk lasts for 30 minutes concluding at 8:03 pm,
Leaving 3 hours and 56 minutes until midnight.

Plateau Trees

South-East from Overlook Dune

Faintly the Catskills are in the distance. In addition, it looks like the Pine Bush Commission has done some mechanical removal of brush to help lupine grow and not become too dense for the Karner Blue.

Taken on Saturday April 30, 2011 at Albany Pine Bush.

NYSDOT Rest Areas Across NY

This helpful interactive map shows NYS DOT rest areas along the major interstates (excluding the New York Thruway) with bathrooms. A few of these rest areas are closed, but it will give you an idea which facilities are open. Tomorrow, I will do a map of Thruway Rest Stops. I was originally going to combine these into one map, but it turns out the DOT and Thruway Authority record information on their Rest Areas in a very different format.