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Post by naughtyfox on Dec 20, 2022 10:05:11 GMT
Just looked it up: www.timeanddate.com/sun/finland/kokkola Kokkola (western coast of Finland) shortest days of 2022 at 4hrs 17mins 30secs are on 21st and 22nd December. Sunrise time increases to 1017 all the way until 29th December when it drops to 1016. Sunset at 1433 16th-20th December. 21st December sunrise 1016, sunset 1434.   |
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Post by Jim on Dec 21, 2022 17:07:10 GMT
Just looked it up: www.timeanddate.com/sun/finland/kokkola Kokkola (western coast of Finland) shortest days of 2022 at 4hrs 17mins 30secs are on 21st and 22nd December. Sunrise time increases to 1017 all the way until 29th December when it drops to 1016. Sunset at 1433 16th-20th December. 21st December sunrise 1016, sunset 1434. Where have you stolen the info and pics from. Aren't you best employed jumping the quick brown dog? |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 21, 2022 17:12:56 GMT
Not the earliest sunset of the year though which in most of the UK took place on 13th December except in the far south where it occurred on the 12th, and in parts of Scotland where it was the 14th. Here in Brinklow sunset is already two minutes later than it was last week. I believe also that this year the Solstice occurs on the 22nd, at least that's when the Druids are holding their event at Stonehenge this year. calendarcustoms.com/articles/stonehenge-winter-solstice-ceremony/ |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 21, 2022 17:17:54 GMT
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Post by Aloysius on Dec 21, 2022 17:23:49 GMT
Not the earliest sunset of the year though which in most of the UK took place on 13th December except in the far south where it occurred on the 12th, and in parts of Scotland where it was the 14th. Here in Brinklow sunset is already two minutes later than it was last week. I believe also that this year the Solstice occurs on the 22nd, at least that's when the Druids are holding their event at Stonehenge this year. calendarcustoms.com/articles/stonehenge-winter-solstice-ceremony/You have to love the druids. At least they don't come knocking. |
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Post by naughtyfox on Dec 21, 2022 17:32:33 GMT
Just looked it up: www.timeanddate.com/sun/finland/kokkola Kokkola (western coast of Finland) shortest days of 2022 at 4hrs 17mins 30secs are on 21st and 22nd December. Sunrise time increases to 1017 all the way until 29th December when it drops to 1016. Sunset at 1433 16th-20th December. 21st December sunrise 1016, sunset 1434. Where have you stolen the info and pics from. Aren't you best employed jumping the quick brown dog? Pics off t'Internet. One shows sunrise, and one shows sunset. Relevant to the discussion. |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 21, 2022 17:38:25 GMT
Not the earliest sunset of the year though which in most of the UK took place on 13th December except in the far south where it occurred on the 12th, and in parts of Scotland where it was the 14th. Here in Brinklow sunset is already two minutes later than it was last week. I believe also that this year the Solstice occurs on the 22nd, at least that's when the Druids are holding their event at Stonehenge this year. calendarcustoms.com/articles/stonehenge-winter-solstice-ceremony/You have to love the druids. At least they don't come knocking. I've posted this before but I went to the Stonehenge Free Festival in 1983. At sunrise on Solstice Day the Druids performed their hallowed ritual. One of them, famously, was William Roche, famous for playing Ken Barlow in Coronation Street. Unfortunately, the majesty and solemnity of their ancient ritual was somewhat marred by hundreds of stoned and tripping hippies shouting "All right Ken? How's Deirdre?" |
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Post by naughtyfox on Dec 21, 2022 17:38:26 GMT
Not the earliest sunset of the year Yes, looks like yesterday beat today by a minute. Sunset 20th December 1433. Sunset 21st December 1434. Sunset 22nd December 1434. 4hrs 17mins 30secs day length for 21st & 22nd December. Both are the shortest days of the year here. 4hrs 17mins 46secs day length for 20th.... so not the shortest day of the year. And I thought that's what the topic/thread title was about - "shortest day of the year". |
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Post by kris on Dec 21, 2022 17:40:12 GMT
The interesting bit is the solstice that is at 9.48 tonight I think. The standstill or turning point of the year.
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Post by kris on Dec 21, 2022 17:41:45 GMT
Not the earliest sunset of the year though which in most of the UK took place on 13th December except in the far south where it occurred on the 12th, and in parts of Scotland where it was the 14th. Here in Brinklow sunset is already two minutes later than it was last week. I believe also that this year the Solstice occurs on the 22nd, at least that's when the Druids are holding their event at Stonehenge this year. calendarcustoms.com/articles/stonehenge-winter-solstice-ceremony/ The actual point of solstice is tonight at 9.48 I believe. |
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Post by Aloysius on Dec 21, 2022 17:46:11 GMT
You have to love the druids. At least they don't come knocking. I've posted this before but I went to the Stonehenge Free Festival in 1983. At sunrise on Solstice Day the Druids performed their hallowed ritual. One of them, famously, was William Roche, famous for playing Ken Barlow in Coronation Street. Unfortunately, the majesty and solemnity of their ancient ritual was somewhat marred by hundreds of stoned and tripping hippies shouting "All right Ken? How's Deirdre?" I was there in 84, the last year. I was one of the hippies (never really saw myself as a hippie at any point) and i was most certainly tripping my tits off. Completely out of my gourd in fact. It wasn't really possible to hear what the druid peeps were saying above the volume Hawkwind were producing although it did add to the spectacle. My suspicion was that they were making it all up but it looked cool. |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 21, 2022 17:55:29 GMT
I've posted this before but I went to the Stonehenge Free Festival in 1983. At sunrise on Solstice Day the Druids performed their hallowed ritual. One of them, famously, was William Roche, famous for playing Ken Barlow in Coronation Street. Unfortunately, the majesty and solemnity of their ancient ritual was somewhat marred by hundreds of stoned and tripping hippies shouting "All right Ken? How's Deirdre?" I was there in 84, the last year. I was one of the hippies (never really saw myself as a hippie at any point) and i was most certainly tripping my tits off. Completely out of my gourd in fact. It wasn't really possible to hear what the druid peeps were saying above the volume Hawkwind were producing although it did add to the spectacle. My suspicion was that they were making it all up but it looked cool. I have the DVD of Hawkwind at Stonehenge in 1984. You can still get it although it's a bit more expensive than wot I paid for mine. www.amazon.co.uk/Hawkwind-Solstice-At-Stonehenge-DVD/dp/B000260QAQ |
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Post by naughtyfox on Dec 21, 2022 18:06:34 GMT
I expect the shortest days of the year are up at the North Pole right now where, if you blink, you'll miss it.
It's quite easy to get lost at the North Pole.
"In this video we get rare access to the A350 flight deck, joining the pilots as they operate Finnair’s long polar route from Tokyo (HND) to Helsinki (HEL)"
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Post by Aloysius on Dec 21, 2022 18:53:45 GMT
If you find a video of 'Airbus being flown into Ross' house' then that would be a good watch.
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Post by Aloysius on Dec 21, 2022 18:58:53 GMT
I was there in 84, the last year. I was one of the hippies (never really saw myself as a hippie at any point) and i was most certainly tripping my tits off. Completely out of my gourd in fact. It wasn't really possible to hear what the druid peeps were saying above the volume Hawkwind were producing although it did add to the spectacle. My suspicion was that they were making it all up but it looked cool. I have the DVD of Hawkwind at Stonehenge in 1984. You can still get it although it's a bit more expensive than wot I paid for mine. www.amazon.co.uk/Hawkwind-Solstice-At-Stonehenge-DVD/dp/B000260QAQNot that I noticed at the time but Roy Harper was on the bill for the big night. He was up on a charge of child molestation a while back. He was acquitted though. |
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