Re: sunrise/sunset

Dave Wheeler wrote:
Perhaps spmewhat off-topic, but interesting to note the progress of sunrise (or lack of it!) and sunset up here. Today sunset is given as 15:21 - twenty minutes later than on the shortest day. Sunrise however, is still 09:02 - an advance of just five minutes!
Dave, Fair Isle


Look at: http://www.analemma.com/Pages/framesPage.html
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