A birthday gift
The sunrise of their birthday — the exact minute the sun rises over a place that is theirs, numbered with the year they turn. A certificate and a poster to print.
A new year of their life begins with a sunrise. Make it theirs.
Birthday gifts are easy to forget by next week. A moment is different: a real sunrise, over a place that means something to them, dedicated in their name and recorded with your words in the Resthe registry.
Choose the place: the town they grew up in, the city they live in now, the mountain they always talk about. Choose the birthday itself as the day, and its sunrise there is theirs; the wizard shows the exact date and local time before you pay. They get a gift page with the local time and a countdown, and a certificate with the place, the coordinates, the time and your message, ready right after payment. When the sun rises, the page turns to “Your moment has arrived”.
Which moment fits
Life Moments
Anniversary Sunrise · $9.99The sunrise on their next birthday, over the place you choose, numbered by the year: “Your 30th Birthday Sunrise”. Enter the date of birth and the place; we find that morning to the minute, and the certificate is also a poster to print and frame.
Make it personal
- Choose a place only the two of you would think of.
- Write something they’ll want to read again in ten years.
Dedication length: up to 140 characters for Anniversary Sunrise, 240 for Sky Wonders.
Questions
Will the sunrise be exactly on their birthday?
It’s the sunrise of the day you choose: choose the birthday itself. The wizard shows you the exact date and local time before you pay.
Is it a good last-minute gift?
Yes. You get the link right after payment; there is nothing to ship.
Can I give it to a friend, a parent, a colleague?
Of course. It works for anyone you’d write a card to.
Do they have to be at the place?
No. Most people aren’t. The moment happens there whether or not anyone watches.
What do they keep?
The gift page and a certificate PDF (US Letter or A4) to download or print.
Dedicate a sunrise for their birthday
A commemorative dedication recorded in the private Resthe registry — not ownership of the sky, the weather or land, and not an official registration.
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