Happy winter!!!

jtice

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GOOD, I hate winter, :p baaaahhh humbug :p

Its dark by the time I get home from work,
yea yea i know, play with my lights, well poo, I want daylight to go out and do things ! :rant:

~John
 

geepondy

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Interesting, I'm not sure if everywhere or only limited to certain locales but the sunset actually started setting later, a week ago. The sun will continue to rise later in the morning for another week. I wonder what is the explanation for this?
 

PhotonWrangler

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Happy Winter Solstice to everyone also. While I like playing with lights, I much prefer that BIG incandescent light in the sky so I'm looking forward to the days getting longer again.
:santa:
 

The_LED_Museum

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geepondy said:
Interesting, I'm not sure if everywhere or only limited to certain locales but the sunset actually started setting later, a week ago. The sun will continue to rise later in the morning for another week. I wonder what is the explanation for this?
To put it in the simplest terms, this planet has an elliptical orbit around the Sun, not a perfectly circular one. That's why there is that differential between sunset and sunrise times at both winter and summer solstices.
 
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