Extremely Real Lighting?

[Dread]

So, I remember hearing something about a lighting fixture that was 100% accurate. It dimmed in the morning, and slowly built up to full brightness in noon, and then dimmed slowly back down at night, and it even simulated passing clouds and birds overhead. Has anyone heard about this, and could they provide a website for me to check out? I wanted to show it to a friend of mine, and maybe start saving. If I remember right, it was a huge amount of money.. like $3,000 or something. I just want to see if anyone has heard about it.

 

[santoury]

Well, wow, I have never heard of such a thing, but there's also this little thing called the sun (which you can play with, using clouds, too) and best of all, it's free!

Sounds like an awesome contraption though. Wonder if it does the seasonal lengthening/shortening of days/nights also? Solar eclipses?

 

[Dread]

From what I remember, it does everything, including shortening of days and solar eclipses, and everything. I think I asked about lighting at AquaticPlantCentral, but I can't find the thread and someone mentioned it. Thats how I learned about it. There was a website for it, and I should've bookmarked it. It was really remarkable, and there were shots of it in action, and it had me fooled totally. It really did look like a passing cloud and what not.

 

[Dread]

Actually, I found the website for anyone who is interested.

http://www.solarisled.com/

I found this funny

Auto Settings (these may change slightly):

Current Time 8AM
Sunrise Options Default Settings
Sunrise Start Time 8AM
Sunrise Time Length Blue 30 min
Sunrise Time Length White 30 min
Sunrise Time Length Night Blue Lights 30 min
Sunrise Time Length Night White Lights 30 min


Daylight Options
Daylight % Blues 100%
Daylight % Whites 100%
Daylight % Blue Night Lights 100%
Daylight % White Night Lights 100%


Cloud Cover
% decrease from Daylight Full Brightness 0
Frequency between Clouds
Length of Cloud cover


Sunset Options Default Settings
Sunset Start Time 7:00 PM
Sunset Time Length Blue 90 min
Sunset Time Length White 30 min
Sunset Time Length Blue Night Lights 90 min
Sunset Time Length White Night Lights 30 min


Night Settings
Night Start Time 8:30PM
Length of Night Lights 700 min
Night % Blues 0
Night % Whites 0
Night % Blue Night Lights 10%
Night % White Night Lights 0%

Set for 28 Day Moon Cycle ON

 

[CHOMPERS]

You can also have a type of skylight installed called a 'light tunnel'. It will direct actuall sunlight to your tank (or where ever else you want it).