tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post5113567415721850631..comments2024-02-06T10:31:24.491-07:00Comments on Watching the World Wake Up: Dark WeekWatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248341788957416471noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-84481488156717708942012-11-16T05:37:28.131-07:002012-11-16T05:37:28.131-07:00Hi there! Chanced upon your website. I'm a Sin...Hi there! Chanced upon your website. I'm a Singaporean (nationality) of Chinese descent (ethnicity, there is no such thing as a ethnic Singaporean) living way down south, on the island state of Tasmania,an offshoot from continental Australia.Springhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044350132614701022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-32942852541932669322011-07-22T06:00:53.605-06:002011-07-22T06:00:53.605-06:00Kia Ora,
I'm from the Kiwi Country we don'...Kia Ora, <br />I'm from the Kiwi Country we don't do kangaroos however still southern hemisphere!!<br />great blog and keep up the good work.<br />Here we are at the antipodes<br />www.rasnz.org.nz<br />www.kiwispace.org.nz<br />www.marssociety.org.nz<br />:) good old org.nz<br />Dark skies!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546720356849170264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-74069901140840629332008-12-18T18:19:00.000-07:002008-12-18T18:19:00.000-07:00Kevin, Evilmoose: hey I'll take what I can get...Kevin, Evilmoose: hey I'll take what I can get- thanks for piping up!<BR/><BR/>Kevin: you hit on a great question- why is the angle-difference so much greater between summer & winter solstice suns at sunrise/sunset than at noon? The short answer is because the day is so much longer in the summer... but... I feel a follow-on post coming... (not tomorrow though- tomorrow's back to trees)Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248341788957416471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-13083240310288422042008-12-18T08:55:00.000-07:002008-12-18T08:55:00.000-07:00PS: I grew up in the Southern Hemisphere (South Af...PS: I grew up in the Southern Hemisphere (South Africa, specifically) but have been a Utah resident going on 20 years now. I doubt that's what you're looking for, but there you have it.Kevin Vigorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03367849895489512489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-91759219824174891912008-12-18T08:53:00.000-07:002008-12-18T08:53:00.000-07:00I'm from the Southern Hemisphere - although I live...I'm from the Southern Hemisphere - although I live in the Northern Hemisphere at the moment, so maybe I don't count. *waves*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-91571429744831287792008-12-18T08:52:00.000-07:002008-12-18T08:52:00.000-07:00I am amazed every year at the vast seasonal differ...I am amazed every year at the vast seasonal difference in the bearing of the sunset in Salt Lake. From messing with the calculators at http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/ it seems that at the summer solstice the sunset is at an apparent bearing of 314 degrees, north of west over the Great Salt Lake; at the winter solstice it's bearing 239, well south into the Oquirrhs (which makes the apparent sunset even earlier...)<BR/><BR/>That's a huge 66 degree delta. It seems ridiculously large and I've never worked through the geometry to see how such a thing is possible (though I do note that 90 - 22.5 = 66.5; surely not coincidence?)<BR/><BR/>That's the seasonal sun variation I notice most (probably because I tend to be working or riding my bike at noon, not looking idly at the sun, whereas sunset is a rather slacker time in my day). <BR/><BR/>Happy dark week! Let's kill a tree in celebration, eh?Kevin Vigorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03367849895489512489noreply@blogger.com