- Day n Night Globe
- Rotates daily at the same speed as the Earth
- Demonstrates the seasonal pattern of daylight on different regions of the Earth
- Includes an informative 20 page booklet about time and the Earth
- Product dimensions are 32cm by 32cm by 44cm
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Product Specifications
Model NumberB2515
Batteries Required?No
Batteries Included?No
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
The Day n Night Globe is a model of the Earth that accurately shows its orientation in space with respect to the sun at any time of day or year. Whether you live in Paris or Cape Town, Day n Night Globe shows the way the Earth would look from space as it orbits the sun and turns on its axis.
A precise gear and motor system turns the globe at the same rate that the real Earth turns. It also reproduces how the northern and southern hemispheres go through seasonal change.
Day n Night Globe is a clock and calendar that shows the time of day and date for any location on Earth. It also demonstrates which parts of the Earth are in daylight. As the globe turns you can see where people on Earth are experiencing sunrise, sunset and twilight times.
In summer and winter, the globe shows how much the hemisphere you live in is tipped toward or away from the sun. See for yourself how polar regions experience 24-hour day and night in different seasons.
Living on the surface of the Earth doesn’t convey the interesting and complex motions that our planet undergoes. With Day n Night Globe you can in your imagination step off the Earth and see it from space.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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I had been looking for a globe for a while and in my search on Amazon spotted this one. I liked the idea of being able to see in 3 dimensions where night and day is on earth in real time. This is exactly what this globe shows. It rotates at the same rate as the earth, and turns on the base showing the date and the current season once you have set it up. The clever bit comes in the LED light at the centre of the globe and the shade within, positioned such that as the globe turns, night time is shown. Due to the tilt the changing season will also show the longer and shorter days.
The LED can be switched on and off to save on electricity. The portion of the globe lit up also shows coloured area's depicting the boundaries of each country. When not lit place names and topography are shown.
This is a very well put together globe, that requires a small amount of construction once it is taken out of the box. It is also quite interesting to see how the plastic cogs in the transparent base operate the globe.
My only complaints are that the motor driving the cogs is a bit noisy, and there is no easy way to rotate the whole globe to view different parts of the world with the power cord plugged in. Also due to the globe turning and support assembly, antarctica isnt shown on this globe!
The LED can be switched on and off to save on electricity. The portion of the globe lit up also shows coloured area's depicting the boundaries of each country. When not lit place names and topography are shown.
This is a very well put together globe, that requires a small amount of construction once it is taken out of the box. It is also quite interesting to see how the plastic cogs in the transparent base operate the globe.
My only complaints are that the motor driving the cogs is a bit noisy, and there is no easy way to rotate the whole globe to view different parts of the world with the power cord plugged in. Also due to the globe turning and support assembly, antarctica isnt shown on this globe!
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this globe to help with home educating my two children. It's great for teaching the kids where all the places in the world are, I find it much easier to use than an atlas, although we do sometimes us the atlas as a reference for more detail. What made us buy this particular one was the idea of being able to see, at any time of day or night, what other countries were experience day or night, and the dusk/dawn line we found particularly interesting, watching it slowly move round the world. There are two points which let it down though. The main one is the noise. I wanted to leave it plugged into the mains so we could refer to it at any time. However, the motor is SO noisy, we found after two hours we had to turn it off, and now whenever we want to look at the day/night feature we have to reset all the date and time etc. as this all stops when you turn off the motor. The light isn't bright enough to show up in daylight, which means you can only really refer to this feature after dark, or else close all the blinds in the house and work in darkness!!! In addition to both these points, Antarctica is missing from the globe as this area is taken up by the black disc that turns the globe. All in all, a great idea, lovely clear globe but the day/time thing is a bit of a disappointment and could do with some improvement to stop the noise, and improve its visibility during daylight. Probably wouldn't recommend it until this has been done.
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I have a few complaints about this globe.
It says in the instruction book that if you put your head near the base, you should just about be able to hear the motor. rubbish! i can hear it in the room next door! its louder than an air pump on a fish tank and audiable over a quiet tv or radio.
The globe does not sit centraly within the time ring. This is because the perspex supports have not been drilled centraly. my globe even touched the edge of the time ring at one point. i had to glue the pieces into place to get around this problem, rather than using the screws.
the twilight feature of the buld isnt visable at all. there should be a twilight area around the the edges of the dark zone on the globe. but it just isnt there dispite aligning the special buld correctly. instead there is a harsh dividing line between the night and day zones.
The two hemispheres of the globe do not align up correctly all the way around the globe. this means some of the countries and longitudinal lines are out of alignment.
Overall i can see why amazon need to reduce the price of this as much as they have. please bear above points in mind when purchasing or otherwise you may be as dissapointed as i am, however it is still a nice little globe that is very educational, just dont expect something that will be as the instructions describe.
It says in the instruction book that if you put your head near the base, you should just about be able to hear the motor. rubbish! i can hear it in the room next door! its louder than an air pump on a fish tank and audiable over a quiet tv or radio.
The globe does not sit centraly within the time ring. This is because the perspex supports have not been drilled centraly. my globe even touched the edge of the time ring at one point. i had to glue the pieces into place to get around this problem, rather than using the screws.
the twilight feature of the buld isnt visable at all. there should be a twilight area around the the edges of the dark zone on the globe. but it just isnt there dispite aligning the special buld correctly. instead there is a harsh dividing line between the night and day zones.
The two hemispheres of the globe do not align up correctly all the way around the globe. this means some of the countries and longitudinal lines are out of alignment.
Overall i can see why amazon need to reduce the price of this as much as they have. please bear above points in mind when purchasing or otherwise you may be as dissapointed as i am, however it is still a nice little globe that is very educational, just dont expect something that will be as the instructions describe.
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