question re: seasons in Star Trek XI
Jun. 26th, 2009 11:06 pmThe Star Trek: AOS story I am trying to write (still tentatively titled "The Light in Your Eyes," though I am growing less and less certain about that phrase's applicability) is set between the Enterprise's return to Earth and the ceremony and departure at the end of the film.
I am not familiar with the climate of San Francisco. Is anybody able to tell, from the brief scene-setting shots, what time of year it is meant to be? I'm guessing mid-to-late spring at the earliest, and late summer or very early autumn at the latest (judging by the foliage), but I'm not sure what San Francisco has by way of seasons, and, therefore, what months qualify as late spring or late summer.
I am not talking about calendrical or astronomical seasons. I am talking about seasons as defined by local temperature and plant growth. For example, spring doesn't really start in Ithaca until the first or second week of April, no matter what the calendar says about equinoxes.
So can anyone help me out? I need this information to judge the kind of off-duty clothes people might wear, and to figure the time of local sunset, which is important for two minor plot-related reasons, and which must be accurate because I am writing in Spock's POV!
Also, just as a point of information, I am assuming that in Star Trek's version of the 20th century, the Eugenics Wars disrupted global climate change enough that by the time it got bad, technology and/or a world government were in better shape to deal with it, so the future earth has basically our current climate, or even a slightly cooler one.
(Yes, I really am this obsessive sometimes.)
I am not familiar with the climate of San Francisco. Is anybody able to tell, from the brief scene-setting shots, what time of year it is meant to be? I'm guessing mid-to-late spring at the earliest, and late summer or very early autumn at the latest (judging by the foliage), but I'm not sure what San Francisco has by way of seasons, and, therefore, what months qualify as late spring or late summer.
I am not talking about calendrical or astronomical seasons. I am talking about seasons as defined by local temperature and plant growth. For example, spring doesn't really start in Ithaca until the first or second week of April, no matter what the calendar says about equinoxes.
So can anyone help me out? I need this information to judge the kind of off-duty clothes people might wear, and to figure the time of local sunset, which is important for two minor plot-related reasons, and which must be accurate because I am writing in Spock's POV!
Also, just as a point of information, I am assuming that in Star Trek's version of the 20th century, the Eugenics Wars disrupted global climate change enough that by the time it got bad, technology and/or a world government were in better shape to deal with it, so the future earth has basically our current climate, or even a slightly cooler one.
(Yes, I really am this obsessive sometimes.)
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Date: 2009-06-27 07:57 pm (UTC)