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> the light comes from North West, which is impossible in the northern hemisphere that is technically not correct, in the summer for sufficiently high latitude
by martopix 4y ago
> the light comes from North West, which is impossible in the northern hemisphere
that is technically not correct, in the summer for sufficiently high latitudes, the sun sets in the northwest.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoYes, not sure in Switzerland but that's indeed the case in the UK.
- _nalply 4y agoIt happens in Switzerland, too, at least perhaps west-northwest. We have a north-facing window (at latitude of almost 47° North) and in summer the room gets sun both early morning after sunrise and late evening before sunset.
- folli 4y agoI agree, I misworded the statement, the sun does indeed shine from northwest for a couple of hours in the summer months in Switzerland as well. The point in the linked article is that the grandseigneurs of Swiss topography didn't like that the usually sunny and warm south slopes show up dark and shaded in the map (and the other way around). They felt this to be unnatural and an error to be corrected. That was back in the 1920s and obviously has not been changed.
- detourdog 4y agoCould it be that it renders the sunlight at the appropriate time of year to be on that face of the mountain? I always want to be on the sunny side of the mountain in summer...