So what does it look like, at 1430 (that's 2:30 pm for you landlubbers)?
What you see here is the sun which has just reappeared from behind the mountains to the south, as it sinks rapidly toward the 1536 (3:36 pm) sunset today.
It's 25 minutes later, now, and the sun is already below that horizon.
You ask, does "all that dark" bother us? A little bit, this time of year: it's hard to tell what time it is, in the afternoon and evening. We frequently think it's 7 or 8 pm, when it's only 4:30.
On the other hand, there's the joyous rediscovery that we have lots more time than we thought. :)
5 comments:
Yep, more time spent indoors doing things like reading and actually TALKING to each other!
Running a 24/7 operation disabuses one of thinking that the day starts or stops with the rising or setting of the sun.
Jim, that's a good point. Of course, if Alaskans stayed indoors whenever it's cold and/or dark, we'd not get outdoors at all. We just go out anyway. That's what flashlights are for. :)
Ed, I hear you; I'm just glad not to be doing the 24/7 thing anymore.
Rev. Paul,
Bless those flashlights :-)
Sounds to me like weather to stay inside next to a nice fireplace with something good cooking in the over for dinner.
Sandy, we have dusk-to-dawn, motion-activity lights on the exterior of our house. But they don't help much when we hike the 160' or so to the mailbox.
And yes, it's a wonderful time for lighting the fireplace. And there's almost always something good cooking. :)
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