It's called solar South or North i learned this a few years ago, I use it all the time. At first I used the hour and noon hands on the watch. Then went to using watch for time and my hand. In the northern hemisphere, at 3 pm point ur right hand index finger at the Sun, halfway from ur index finger to ur thumb is solar South. (Open ur hand so you make a 90 degree angle between ur thumb and index finger.)
Dude, it's just that if you face towards the sun, your left arm will be North, right arm will be South and behind you is West. (And just reverse it if it's evening, if it's eve and you're using a watch even then you will have to reverse the direction of where you're placing the "middle" or north direction of the watch.) WHY IS THIS SO HYPEDDDD
since the earth axis is tilted, the sun position is gonna be a bit off from true East or West. It's still good for general direction though, but if you need precision navigation that's not enough
This doesn't make sense, because the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. At some point, the sun is going to be south. So this trick literally only works at sunrise and at sunset, because at every other time you're going to be way off.
@@Holtynfuntime I'm responding to this comment suggesting that facing the Sun with your body is good enough. Right now the Sun is at SW, so neither arm points north. It literally only works at sunrise and sunset.
Also suggest you research how to navigate with the north star, southern Star and the moon. I use it in the city and country side, and if you haven't gotten out of the woods before dark. Always bring 3 flashlights. Smart to plan ur hikes carefully so you have plenty of time to get out of the woods before dark.
To be accurate, this method will only indicate generally south. It will only be true south at the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes. But for approximate navigation, it's good enough. 😊
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, typically at 6 o'clock in either am or pm the sun will be low enough to determine what direction it is going. Morning would be the 9, afternoon would be 3. (As a side note this is true for all am and pm readings, am is on the left of the dial, pm is on the right)
uuuhhh okay so.. i know which way is north and south but going by exactly what you said, no matter what i do, it always faces north not south. the midpoint is always facing north.
Good video, I didn't know that!! question, how if I lost around equator area? for exampleif I lost in Indonesian forest, what technique should I use? northen hemisphere or southern hemishere?
A leaf on a small puddle whit a tiny rock (sorry I don't know the name of said rock, in Denmark we call it gravel, just make sure it contains some sort of metal in the rock) but said leaf will point to north where the rock is most from the point of gravity.. correct me if I'm wrong, and sorry for bad English
so i came here after seeing a naruto episode where a character explains what you just explained to some kids. Thining "this for real?" turns out it is lol
wait , so basically you're saying if i stand up in the same place for few hours, since the sun is changing place then the south direction changes? that doesn't make any sense to me . the south is a fixed direction for a point no matther where the sun is !
If you stand in the same place for a few hours, the time on you watch also changes. It’s all to do with the relative position of the hour hand to the sun.
