Re: ⏱ Time Change? ???? 3/09/2025

On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 1:37:27 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-03-10 8:10 p.m., dsi1 wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:58:05 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

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Indeed, at the equator, days and nights will always be equal in length.
That's due to the earth's tilting relative to the plane of its travel
around the sun. If the earth wasn't tilted, the days would be twelve
hours long no matter what your latitude is. I suppose that near the
poles, it would still be pretty cold.

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It's kinda interesting to watch the change of seasons and to track the
changes in the length of days and the angle of the sun.  My house faces
south so in the winter the sun is to the south and in the summer it is
to the north of the house. During the winter when I am watching TV
upstairs in the late afternoon I have to close the curtain to keep the
sun out of my eyes but in the summer is shining on the other side of the
house.
At this time of the sun comes up a little earlier and sets a little
later so the days get about two and a half minutes longer each day, so
about an hour and a half over the month.
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In the winter when I was working day shifts I would leave for work in
the dark and get home after dark.
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At certain times of the year, you can be driving out of one of the
tunnels and be blinded by the sun. It's quite a shocking thing to be
caught unawares of this phenomenon. Your best bet is to slow down and
look at the dots on the road, and try not to hit anything in front of
you. I'm going to have to start documenting when this sun blinding
occurs - date & time.