[News] Happy Shortest Day

[wellquickwoody]

As I said earlier, March 27th was the shortest day...

Nah, that was the Long Good Friday.

 

[Kosh]

I love the darkness of midwinter - the cold air, the rain, fog and ice - the majesty of nature in stasis - to be reborn anew in spring ... the sheer wonder of the stars at night... the celestial ocean never looks so resplendent... the seas froth and rage, creating art with every turn of the tide.

There is beauty in the darkness.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

missed it, damn

 

[wunt be druv]

I love the darkness of midwinter - the cold air, the rain, fog and ice - the majesty of nature in stasis - to be reborn anew in spring ... the sheer wonder of the stars at night... the celestial ocean never looks so resplendent... the seas froth and rage, creating art with every turn of the tide.

There is beauty in the darkness.

I share your love of Winter...I have been looking at this earlier..

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

The orbit is elliptical, so not all days are 24 hours. This is why we have a leap year. But the OP is of course referring to the length of day light.

That's not why days aren't exactly 24 hours and it's not why we have a leap year (well, days actually being just over 24hours is, but that's not related to the elliptical orbit).
But yes, the OP was obviously referring to daylight.

 

[Peteinblack]

If you look closer you can see a football just above the summer solstice point, can't imagine how that got there.

Solly's penalty on Wednesday night

 

[Kosh]

I share your love of Winter...I have been looking at this earlier..

Stunning - where may I ask, was that taken?

 

[1066familyman]

Photo: Jesus Pelaez
Burgos, Spain

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How does that work when it's cloudy all week?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

How does that work when it's cloudy all week?

It’s Spain and there were 48 photos so there must have been clouds on four weeks.

 

[Swansman]

I love the darkness of midwinter - the cold air, the rain, fog and ice - the majesty of nature in stasis - to be reborn anew in spring ... the sheer wonder of the stars at night... the celestial ocean never looks so resplendent... the seas froth and rage, creating art with every turn of the tide.

There is beauty in the darkness.

May I recommend Kiruna. Around 20 minutes of daylight during the darkest weeks... Some decent Northern Lights though.

 

[Questions]

I immediately saw a wobbling 7 pin,

 

[wunt be druv]

Stunning - where may I ask, was that taken?

I am in Korpikartano, near Ivalo in Northern Finland, it is currently -18⁰C and snowing...lovely!!

 

[Kosh]

I am in Korpikartano, near Ivalo in Northern Finland, it is currently -18⁰C and snowing...lovely!!

Cool - in every possible sense! Enjoy

 

[Kosh]

May I recommend Kiruna. Around 20 minutes of daylight during the darkest weeks... Some decent Northern Lights though.

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Again, absolutely stunning

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

That's not why days aren't exactly 24 hours and it's not why we have a leap year (well, days actually being just over 24hours is, but that's not related to the elliptical orbit).
But yes, the OP was obviously referring to daylight.

Fair enough.

 

[B-right-on]

The orbit is elliptical, so not all days are 24 hours. This is why we have a leap year. But the OP is of course referring to the length of day light.

I suppose that is the difference between literate and literal.

Day being day. As opposed to night. Yes there is more than one definition of the worda 'day'.

 

[pastafarian]

Photo: Jesus Pelaez
Burgos, Spain

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Fake composite picture been doing the rounds for years on social media

Were 48 Pictures of the Sun Used To Make This Image?

The figure-eight path of the sun in a viral image is real, but there are a few aspects of the photograph worth clarifying.

www.snopes.com

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Fake composite picture been doing the rounds for years on social media

Were 48 Pictures of the Sun Used To Make This Image?

The figure-eight path of the sun in a viral image is real, but there are a few aspects of the photograph worth clarifying.

www.snopes.com

Snopes says miscaptioned. The photo is real, not fake, but only 46 photos, not 48, and were taken in an empty sky, instead of in front of a cathedral.
The figure 8 movement of the sun’s position is called an analemma.

 

[BNthree]

How does that work when it's cloudy all week?

Presumably why there’s 46 photos not 52. 4 cloudy weeks.

 

[BNthree]

I suppose that is the difference between literate and literal.

Day being day. As opposed to night. Yes there is more than one definition of the worda 'day'.

Had a conversation with a very autistic colleague who took midday to mean the middle of the daylight hours not the middle of the hours of the day. So midday for most people is noon. Midday for him so halfway between sunrise and sunset. His reasoning was noon already has a word so why have another for it?