Know your light window before you launch.
Golden hour, blue hour, and sun glare direction — calculated for your exact flight coordinates and date. Stop checking three different apps before takeoff.
Three light problems, one pre-flight check
Aerial shots live or die on light direction. A flight planned five minutes too late means flat footage — or a sensor staring straight into the sun.
Avoid flying into the sun
Sun azimuth at any time tells you which heading puts the sun behind your lens — critical for gimbal cameras with limited dynamic range.
Hit golden hour, not miss it
Golden hour shifts by minutes per day and dramatically by latitude. A fixed “6pm” launch schedule drifts out of the warm-light window within weeks.
Cool-tone city & coastal shots
Blue hour windows are short — typically 20–30 min. Knowing the exact start lets you stage the flight instead of scrambling once the sky shifts.
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