It was the longest day of the year yesterday. From our house, the Sun sets well to the north west. That's the payback we get in the north for the very early sunsets in mid winter. Watching the Sun touch the horizon and then visibly go beyond the horizon is about the only way I know of experiencing the turning of the Earth. If you enlarge the first picture you can see Anthorn aerials. More on them in a future post. In the second picture, the hill to the right of the telegraph pole is called Queensbury. It is nearly 40 miles away across the Solway in Scotland.
It was the longest day of the year yesterday. From our house, the Sun sets well to the north west. That's the payback we get in the north for the very early sunsets in mid winter. Watching the Sun touch the horizon and then visibly go beyond the horizon is about the only way I know of experiencing the turning of the Earth. If you enlarge the first picture you can see Anthorn aerials. More on them in a future post. In the second picture, the hill to the right of the telegraph pole is called Queensbury. It is nearly 40 miles away across the Solway in Scotland.
