Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
We all know that the winter solstice has the shortest daylight of the year. But you might be surprised to learn that this solstice has neither the earliest sunset, nor the latest sunrise, of any day throughout the year. This past year, Portland’s earliest sunset occurred on December 10, while Portland’s latest sunrise occurred on […]
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 10:07 pm Good evening everybody, I just got back from my first day of school. I’m actually pretty exhausted, so this will be a quickie. Only nine more months to go… We officially had our Autumnal Equinox here in Seattle at 7:29 pm on Monday, September 22. I’m sure you all […]
Wednesday, Winter Solstice, 2011 12:34 P.M. Since it is the winter solstice, I thought I’d write today’s blog post on Stonehenge. As it turns out, Stonehenge was not just built by some strong dumb guys who wanted to prove to the world that they knew what a circle was. Stonehenge has a famous stone, called […]
