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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Thing on December 21, 2004, 08:16 PM

Title: Happy Winter Solstice!
Post by: Thing on December 21, 2004, 08:16 PM
Wave to the Sun.
Title: Re: Happy Winter Solstice!
Post by: iago on December 21, 2004, 10:04 PM
Sun? Is that that thing I see through the window during work?  :(
Title: Re: Happy Winter Solstice!
Post by: j0k3r on December 21, 2004, 10:55 PM
I would, but my parents would try to put me in an insane asylum.

That is, if the sun ever came out in the first place.

While trying to figure it out, I found this:
Quotewinter solstice
n.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the solstice that occurs on or about December 22
Occured on the 21st this year?
Title: Re: Happy Winter Solstice!
Post by: iago on December 22, 2004, 08:54 AM
It varies year to year -- it's the day when the sun reaches the Tropic of Capricorn, or something like that.  Notice the definition says "about Dec. 22" -- it occurs anywhere from Dec. 20 - Dec. 22, as far as I know.
Title: Re: Happy Winter Solstice!
Post by: SNiFFeR on December 22, 2004, 08:55 AM
Isn't it the shortest day of the year  ::)?
Title: Re: Happy Winter Solstice!
Post by: iago on December 22, 2004, 10:11 AM
Same thing -- when the sun is at the southern-most point, the days in the northern hemisphere will be shortest.
Title: Re: Happy Winter Solstice!
Post by: tA-Kane on December 22, 2004, 01:14 PM
the days themselves are almost always equal in length (with the exception of certain days which happen to have a leap second (http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html))... it's just the amount of daylight you get is the lest during winter solstice

of course, im sure you already knew all this
Title: Re: Happy Winter Solstice!
Post by: Adron on December 22, 2004, 01:19 PM
Quote from: tA-Kane on December 22, 2004, 01:14 PM
the days themselves are almost always equal in length (with the exception of certain days which happen to have a leap second (http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html))... it's just the amount of daylight you get is the lest during winter solstice

of course, im sure you already knew all this


I'd say the days switching time zones from dst to non-dst are the shortest...

But other than that, they probably meant
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day;
1 a : the time of light between one night and the next