Winter Solstice
- Thread starter buckland
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We can feel it coming and the turn beginning! 
Winter solstice 2022 in Northern Hemisphere will be at 1:47 PM onski3pin said:We can feel it coming and the turn beginning!
Wednesday
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December 21
All times are in Pacific Time.
woot woot
"is it 5 or 10pm?"buckland said:
Wonderful!
todgru
Senior Member
Finally, rounding the corner towards longer days!
I can feel the shift starting. Yeah longer days.
Frank
Frank
OK...so how can you guys detect zero rate of change (of day length) but I can't??
Damn my unromantic literalist enginerd brain!
Damn my unromantic literalist enginerd brain!
In Portland, today is 2 seconds shorter than yesterday. Tomorrow will be 2 seconds longer than today. Somewhere in between those two digital signals is an analog sweet spot marking the end of shortening days and the beginning of longer days - which should be at 1:48 pm - about 34 minutes from now.MarkBC said:OK...so how can you guys detect zero rate of change (of day length) but I can't??
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Damn my unromantic literalist enginerd brain!
I'm at latitude 29° right now, so it's gonna be harder for me to detect the change than those closer to the poles.
Maybe if I am very still...squint my eyes...
Maybe if I am very still...squint my eyes...
OP
OP
A perfect answer... and as we all know where you live on the big curve of the earth messes with the set/rise times. The time continue to get 'earlier' (for a bit) while the other gets 'later' .... I have vivid memories of me as a young science teacher using a flashlight and a ball hung from the ceiling. A students head was the earth.... sometimes ya gotta work with the materials at hand. On the equator pretty much the same everyday...6:30 to 6:30.... makes cocktail hour pretty consistent.
OP
OP
You bet Mark squinting will make al the difference.
PaulT
Need gumbo
Damn!
Missed it by that much. |....|
Anyone know when I can find a couple of extra seconds?
Paul
Missed it by that much. |....|
Anyone know when I can find a couple of extra seconds?
Paul
OP
OP
I keep mine in the junk drawer
Occidental
Trail Master
Yay for the solstice. It might be my favorite holiday of the year. I knew if I looked to WTW there would be people celebrating. We had a cheers and danced around the kitchen table, pizzas are in the oven. Here's to the change in the light, the coming year, and renewal. Happy solstice all.
Well said.Happy longer time .Occidental said:
Frank
YouTube will live stream the Druid solstice at Stonehenge tomorrow.
The sunrise time is midnight PST at Stonehenge.
Frank
The sunrise time is midnight PST at Stonehenge.
Frank
OP
OP
Thanks Frank !
We were seated at the table and watched the clock march down the final minutes to 1348 (PST). We held our breaths and felt us slide back around the corner. It was a grand ride. Now, let's start seeing some results.
It's on it's way,be patient.
Frank
Frank
