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At which latitude? I hear those polar days can drag on a bit more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_day.
by kghose 13y ago
At which latitude? I hear those polar days can drag on a bit more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_day.
- ColinWright 13y agoYou put a marker in the ground that then becomes your point of reference, so it works even if the Sun doesn't set.
- btilly 13y agoBut not if it doesn't rise. But saying that the longest day happened during the night may be technically true on the South Pole, but still sounds odd.
- D9u 13y agoCorrect. The farther one gets from the equator the more the differential between day and night hours. http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/june-solstice.html http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/june-solstice.html http://www.govisithawaii.com/2009/08/05/hawaii-fact-34-of-50-hawaii-daylight-hours-dont-vary-much/ http://www.govisithawaii.com/2009/08/05/hawaii-fact-34-of-50... Then there's the fact that the Southern hemisphere experiences "summer" and "winter" at different times of year than the Northern hemisphere.