Sunrise, Sunset
Dec. 1st, 2006 10:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewduckerOne of the things people don't realise about Scotland is that, being 400 miles North of London dusk and dawn vary considerably more.
At the moment, Dawn is at 8:19am, and dusk is at 3:44pm, giving us under seven and a half hours of day. In London dawn is 7:45 and dusk is at 3:55 - an additional half an hour. Not only that, but the sun rises noticeablt less far over the horizon, meaning that in the centre of town there are places where the sun just never hits for a few months.
I can't find a calculator that will let me put a date in, but the site here tells me that over the next month my hours of daylight are going to drop to seven. Which frankly isn't enough.
The plus side is that in the summer the day lengthens to over seventeen hours. And in fact, one a nice day in the summer the glow is rising over the eastern horizon around the same time it finishes dropping the other side, and the sky never loses the blue-ish glow of dusk, even after midnight. I've watched dawn from the top of Arthur's Seat on midsummer's day a few times. Might have to do it again this year.
At the moment, Dawn is at 8:19am, and dusk is at 3:44pm, giving us under seven and a half hours of day. In London dawn is 7:45 and dusk is at 3:55 - an additional half an hour. Not only that, but the sun rises noticeablt less far over the horizon, meaning that in the centre of town there are places where the sun just never hits for a few months.
I can't find a calculator that will let me put a date in, but the site here tells me that over the next month my hours of daylight are going to drop to seven. Which frankly isn't enough.
The plus side is that in the summer the day lengthens to over seventeen hours. And in fact, one a nice day in the summer the glow is rising over the eastern horizon around the same time it finishes dropping the other side, and the sky never loses the blue-ish glow of dusk, even after midnight. I've watched dawn from the top of Arthur's Seat on midsummer's day a few times. Might have to do it again this year.
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Date: 2006-12-01 10:33 pm (UTC)Luckily her program is apparently being incredible about accomidating her, but it's intersting that you both mention the inadequacy of Scottish daylight on the same day.
Our current sunrise was 6:58 and sunset was 4:25 (on daylight savings).
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Date: 2006-12-01 10:46 pm (UTC)Of course, if I was actually there...
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Date: 2006-12-01 11:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-01 11:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-01 11:34 pm (UTC)Then, when I was at my dad's, out in rural France... sweet heavens but it's dark at night!
It's amazing what you get used to.
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Date: 2006-12-02 11:00 am (UTC)When I was up in the hills beyond Bridge of Allan at 2am one time, it was incredibly dark - and lit only by moonlight. My eyes eventually adjusted, but everything was entirely black and white, which looked fantastic.
Sunrise/set times ...
Date: 2006-12-02 02:30 am (UTC)Re: Sunrise/set times ...
Date: 2006-12-02 11:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-02 09:41 am (UTC)Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset, swiftly flow the days....
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Date: 2006-12-02 11:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-02 11:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-02 12:32 pm (UTC)While everyone else is slowing down, feeling lethargic and worn down, the low light levels and long nights are a blessing for me. I sleep better, feel less stressed, ironically feel safer on the street, and take great delight in the fact I can look up from the pavement and see my surroundings. Every year the winter is a voyage of rediscovery.
It would be lovely if I cold bottle it and hand it out to people like you :)
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Date: 2006-12-02 04:06 pm (UTC)