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The point exactly midway along the Night portion of the sinusoidal curve is called Solar Midnight, and represents the time of day Sol is farthest below the horizon.  The point exactly midway along the Day portion of the sinusoidal curve is called Solar Noon, and represents the time of day Sol is farthest above the horizon.  The simulation is paused and the scene is augmented with informative data, various small, circular, marker points, three larger, colored, touch discs, Solar and Lunar Eclipse Probe controls, and a timer, which begins at +0:00, Now.  This means that if you are patient, very, very patient, you can watch Sol and Luna move! For those not so patient, touch above the horizontal horizon line and switch into manual, You Drive, mode (unavailable for the Today Extension and Screen Saver).  - Touching an Eclipse Probe control initiates a search for upcoming solar or lunar eclipses, and if one is visible from your location the You Drive simulator is temporarily reset to that date and the eclipse circumstances are displayed.  Of course, you must have Location Services enabled and allow Solar Coaster to access your position for accurate simulation results, and to properly detect eclipses visible at your location.  ⁃ The white markers represent the cardinal times of the day: Solar Midnight, Dawn, Sunrise, Noon, Solar Noon, Sunset, Dusk and Midnight.  An artificial, horizontal, horizon is drawn such that it intersects the curve at precisely two points, Sunrise and Sunset.  Touching a marker displays its time (unavailable for the Today Extension and Screen Saver).  Touch above the horizontal horizon once again to exit You Drive mode and resume the actual simulation.  Touching either Sol or Luna displays a tiny bit of additional realtime information (unavailable for the Today Extension and Screen Saver).  Solar Coaster visualizes the rise and set of Earth's nearest star, Sol, our Sun, and probes for upcoming eclipses.  ⁃ Touching and sliding the yellow disc animates the simulation to a random minute of the day.  ⁃ Touching the cyan disc animates the simulation through the special marker times, and those times only.  In all cases the timer shows the elapsed time in hours and minutes of the simulation, whether positive or negative, relative to Now.  At Moonrise a smaller, secondary, sinusoidal curve appears and Luna fades-in.  ⁃ Touching the orange disc animates the simulation through the entire day of 1,440 minutes.  Solar Coaster's algorithms are accurate at all longitudes, and latitudes between -81° south and +82° north.  As the length of the Day/Night changes this horizon shifts up and down the sinusoidal curve.  Solar Noon typically does not coincide with 12 o’clock Noon.  Solar Midnight typically does not coincide with 12 o’clock Midnight.  This means that all points on the curve above the horizon are Day, and those below are Night.  And depending on what the time differential is and whether the simulation time is before or after Now, the tweening may be fast or slow or forward or reverse.  Earth's nearest celestial neighbor, Luna, our Moon, sometimes makes appearances during the visualization.  A sinusoidal curve depicts Sol’s path for a single day, Today.  The minusculely smaller, silver, markers indicate Moonrise and Moonset, assuming there is a rise and/or set for Today.  Luna is drawn with its proper phase, and rotated to the precise phase angle.  Dawn precedes Sunrise, and Dusk succeeds Sunset.  The actual Sunrise and Sunset times are also displayed, in 12 or 24-hour format.  Don't be surprised if you notice the visualization catch up for lost time.  Once a minute orbital calculations are performed and the visualization is updated.