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Old 20-04-2016, 16:24
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The days definetely are lengthening fast. Woke up at 4:45am this morning and the sky was a royal blue, and by 5:15am it was getting quite light. Even in late March first light wasn't until about 5:00am. And it stayed light quite light last night too. Took quite a while to get dark. It may have helped that the moon was out though, making it lighter than what it would've been had it not been out. Even when it's officailly "night" the sky never seems to go completely pitch black, there is sort of a deep blue tinge in the sky and you can even just make out the horizon. A bit like in midsummer when at night the sky never seems to get fully dark.

And for my area Civil Twilight is now 40 minutes and Nautical Twilight 50 minutes, so it now takes an hour and a half after sunset on a clear night to get fully dark.
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Old 20-04-2016, 16:59
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I admire you for keeping this riveting thread going, Steffan.
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Old 20-04-2016, 17:05
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I admire you for keeping this riveting thread going, Steffan.
I wonder if the thread will come full circle and make it to 28th November 2016?
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Old 20-04-2016, 17:43
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It still gets dark here at 8:30 which is reasonably early for the time of year.
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Old 20-04-2016, 17:45
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This photo was taken at around 8:35pm last night looking north west.

http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/...203658_083.jpg

Lovely sky. The ground was actually brighter than it looks in the photo, the camera had to dim the exposure so that the sky wasn't too bright.

And the sun is setting at 8:15pm and now rising at 6:00am again here, so later times than in East Anglia but not as late as Northern Ireland.
Sunset at home today is 8:44pm, decent I suppose.
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Old 20-04-2016, 19:20
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It still gets dark here at 8:30 which is reasonably early for the time of year.
No, its exactly normal. Same a the last few years and same as the next few years....
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Old 21-04-2016, 09:08
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In the winter and autumn it gets dark at a little over 5. Spring and summer it gets dark at around 8:30. It gets lighter in the winter/autumn at 8 am and at 5:30 am in the spring/summer.

I live in New England and we can get a lot of snow.
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Old 21-04-2016, 11:10
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In the winter and autumn it gets dark at a little over 5. Spring and summer it gets dark at around 8:30. It gets lighter in the winter/autumn at 8 am and at 5:30 am in the spring/summer.

I live in New England and we can get a lot of snow.
Sunset there in June is before 8:30pm. And it gets fully dark before 10pm. Big Brother TV would not be very happy if he lived there

http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/augusta?month=6

At the moment sunset is 7:30pm and civil twilight is only 30 minutes long, so it goes dark more quickly down there.

In December however despite being further South sunset is still as early as 4:00pm. But at least the mornings are a lot lighter - latest sunrise is 7:15am.

http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/a...h=12&year=2016
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Old 21-04-2016, 11:12
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Hurry up Autumn...
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Old 21-04-2016, 11:20
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It's still light here at the moment.
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Old 21-04-2016, 20:52
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In the summer, sunset in Maine is barely 8pm which imo is pathetic.
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Old 21-04-2016, 21:45
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In the winter and autumn it gets dark at a little over 5. Spring and summer it gets dark at around 8:30. It gets lighter in the winter/autumn at 8 am and at 5:30 am in the spring/summer.

I live in New England and we can get a lot of snow.
I spent a wonderful summer there when I was younger. I loved the early sunsets, it made the campfires more atmospheric. Blissful times.
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Old 21-04-2016, 21:57
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To be fair I do miss having darkness in summer. It can get annoying having constant twilight at night..
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Old 22-04-2016, 18:42
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To be fair I do miss having darkness in summer. It can get annoying having constant twilight at night..
Really? Never thought you would say that. In June here it doesn't quite get to the stage of nautical twilight all night but it isn't far off, we have no more than a couple of hours of astro twilight and the sun sinks no deeper than 13 degrees below the horizon.
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Old 22-04-2016, 20:32
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On FaceTime with my sister right now. Here is a comparison at 8:30.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...psxhptky6w.png
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Old 22-04-2016, 20:33
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Really? Never thought you would say that. In June here it doesn't quite get to the stage of nautical twilight all night but it isn't far off, we have no more than a couple of hours of astro twilight and the sun sinks no deeper than 13 degrees below the horizon.
Naw to the north there is blue sky all night.
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Old 23-04-2016, 01:03
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On FaceTime with my sister right now. Here is a comparison at 8:30.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...psxhptky6w.png
I cannot believe how much you've been spending on flights to America
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Old 23-04-2016, 08:44
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Really? Never thought you would say that. In June here it doesn't quite get to the stage of nautical twilight all night but it isn't far off, we have no more than a couple of hours of astro twilight and the sun sinks no deeper than 13 degrees below the horizon.
Depends where in the UK you are referring to. For example, in Aberdeen, it never gets darker than nautical twlight throughout the month of June.

Going South, Carlisle has a part of June which never gets darker than nautical twilight.

Further South still to most of Northern England and the Midlands Southwards, it almost, but not quite, reaches the nautical twilight stage, but does reach the astronomical twilight stage.

Nautical twilight, Aberdeen June 2016
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Old 26-04-2016, 00:05
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This thread has gone on longer than the 'I need a square monitor' thread posted by the OP. He needs to go on holiday again I feel.
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Old 26-04-2016, 22:12
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This thread has gone on longer than the 'I need a square monitor' thread posted by the OP. He needs to go on holiday again I feel.
Really? Where to? I'd really fancy Honningsvåg in Norway at the moment. Currently the sun is up from 3am till half past 9 and it doesn't get darker than Civil Twilight even though we're still in April. Would love to see that

http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/norway/honningsvag


This is how light it is right now right at the tip of Northern Norway at the moment: http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/...ns9/Norway.png
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Old 28-04-2016, 15:14
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9pm sunset tonight.
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Old 29-04-2016, 17:16
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Still 8:38pm here.
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Old 29-04-2016, 17:27
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9:01 now.
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Old 01-05-2016, 12:59
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5:30am sunrise tomorrow.
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Old 02-05-2016, 13:19
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Only 10 days to go till astro twilight becomes the new "night" for me:

http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/clitheroe

The light nights are nearly back with us now.
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