Re: The Sun is Coming Back



On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:28:42 -0800, "Ben Hogland"
<benhogland@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Jon Porter" <jporter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Lon VanOstran" <RVnFT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:40uchgF186o0pU4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> It just keeps getting better from here.
>>>
>>> Lon
>>
>> Is this in reference to the fact that today is the Solstice?
>> --
>> Jon
>> JPinOH
>
>Ah ha.. Today is the shortest day of the year. ;-)
>
>Ben
>

?Tis the year?s midnight and it is the day?s,
Lucy?s, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks;
The sun is spent, and now his flasks
Send forth light squibs, no constant rays.
The world's whole sap is sunk;

John Donne
A Nocturnal upon Saint Lucy?s Day,
Being the Shortest Day




Elliot Richmond
Freelance Science Writer and Editor
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