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[[File:Clear Dusk.png|thumb|100px|Dusk on a clear day]] | [[File:Clear Dusk.png|thumb|100px|Dusk on a clear day]] | ||
[[File:Clear Night.png|thumb|100px|A clear night]] | [[File:Clear Night.png|thumb|100px|A clear night]] | ||
The sky is a great expanse of far background visible when no [[block]] or back wall acts as a barrier. [[Astronomy#Heavenly Bodies|Objects]] within it move in circular patterns, although at an [[:Category:Location|equator]] they may appear to move vertically. It has a cycle characterized by four parts: dawn, day, dusk, and night | The sky is a great expanse of far background visible when no [[block]] or back wall acts as a barrier. [[Astronomy#Heavenly Bodies|Objects]] within it move in circular patterns, although at an [[:Category:Location|equator]] they may appear to move vertically. It has a cycle characterized by four parts: dawn, day, dusk, and night. | ||
===Dawn=== | ===Dawn=== | ||
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==Heavenly Bodies== | ==Heavenly Bodies== | ||
There are | There are four types of objects that can be seen in the sky: the sun, the moon, the stars, and clouds. Noting their motion may allow a player to identify where a [[World Location|part of a world]] is in the [[world]]. For example, if the sun rises straight ahead of you, you are probably near the east equator. | ||
===Sun=== | ===Sun=== | ||
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===Stars=== | ===Stars=== | ||
Stars are very small spots of light visible in the night sky. They appear as if it were the same [[season]], time of day, and latitude, at 0° longitude. | Stars are very small spots of light visible in the night sky. They appear as if it were the same [[season]], time of day, and latitude, at 0° longitude. | ||
===Clouds=== | |||
[[File:Clouds.jpg|thumb|100px|An early image of clouds]] | |||
Clouds were added in [[Game updates/20141119|version 1.6]]. They are mostly decorative, moving through the sky without doing more than occasionally obscuring other heavenly bodies. Their color changes with the [[weather]] and they become difficult to see on rainy nights. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
