midday moss

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Bloedel Reserve does not permit commercial use of photographs taken on their grounds. We still want to share its beauty, and encourage you to check it out in person.

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place

map

Map at capture — USGS Imagery · ±2.5° · pin marks capture location

bloedel reserve

Kitsap County, WA

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about the park

Bloedel Reserve

area124 acreselevation0–223 ft

Official website Photos from this park

date / time

2020-12-12

time

11:17 AM

season cycle

iNaturalist community observations

Double-crested Cormorant341 obs
Bufflehead315 obs
Mallard286 obs
American Crow268 obs
Common Goldeneye257 obs
Great Blue Heron256 obs
American Wigeon248 obs
American Robin243 obs

research-grade observations within 25 km during this calendar month. Counts are total verified iNaturalist observations

light / sun / UV

solar (GHI)

279 W/m² · overcast

very lowbright

200–400 W/m² · cloudy daylight

dawn visible (18°)

solar DNI

708 W/m²

dimsoftpartlybright

solar DHI

74 W/m²

dimsoftbrightheavy

clearness

0.85

overcastintermediateclear

weather / radar

weather

Mainly clear

temperature

40°F

coldcoolcomfortablewarmhot

37°F – 43°F · daily range

humidity

88%

0%100%

65% – 95% · daily range

cloud cover

49%

0%100%

4% – 100% · daily range

pressure

1024 hPa

lownear normalhigh

1015 hPa – 1024 hPa · daily range · steady

wind

1 mph

SE 141°

cloud layers

high cloud25%

mid cloud0%

low cloud32%

rain

dew point

37°F

radar

water

tide· 24h

Edmonds, WA · ft MLLW

rising – 8.4 ft

tide station

Edmonds, WA · 17 km

atmosphere / air quality

satellite

atmosphere

sky cover

BFI · overcast at 500 ft

clearovercast

BFI · overcast at 500 ft · 36°F · 27 km modeled 40°F / 1 mph; nearest station BFI (27 km) reported 36°F / 0 mphMETAR

KBFI 121911Z 00000KT 10SM OVC005 02/01 A3022 RMK AO2 T00220006

visibility

10.0 mi

METAR observed

11:11 AM

night sky

moon

Waning Crescent - day 27 visible (23°)

moon setting

night sky

darkness

4 · brighter rural sky

excellent dark-sky siteinner-city sky

Bortle 4 · brighter rural sky

light: dayseeing Good

milky way

janfebmaraprmayjunjulaugsepoctnovdec

out of season · not visible (12°) · SSE

Geometric positions at capture (not naked-eye visibility)

astronomical events

Geminids
9d before solstice

technical

sensor / film

color science

Apple

lens

iPhone 12 Pro Max back triple camera 7.5mm f/2.2

focal length

8mm (64mm equiv.)

exposure triangle

color

Cardamom12%

histogram

shadowsmidtoneshighlights

redgreenblue

attribution

data attribution

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)
Tide data: NOAA CO-OPS
METAR / NEXRAD: Iowa Environmental Mesonet, Iowa State University
Basemap: USGS The National Map
Solar: NASA POWER (CC BY 4.0)
Satellite: GOES-West (NOAA/NESDIS); NaturalColor derived (CIMSS recipe)

Weather interpolated from nearest METAR station (SEATTLE/BOEING FLD, 27 km)
Tide predictions from NOAA CO-OPS station Edmonds, WA (17 km)
Radar: NEXRAD ATX (54.4 km), scan time ±10 min
Satellite: GOES-West (goes17), product time ±20 min
Sun, moon, and planet positions computed for exact coordinates
Basemap: USGS Imagery, center ±2.5°

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