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Old 19-05-2016, 21:25
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All the streetlights are on now and have been on for at least 10 minutes. Any room in the house is now in complete darkness. Just been out and its not very nice at all. Its wet, very dull and foggy in the distance. You can even see your own breath out there it feels like its 4pm in December. You know how when you see a crime thriller on tv the surroundings are often very depressing and gloomy (to add atmosphere). Well its just like that right now here.
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Old 19-05-2016, 21:31
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It's very bright here. It's starting to feel like the day is never going to end.
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Old 19-05-2016, 21:31
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All the streetlights are on now and have been on for at least 10 minutes. Any room in the house is now in complete darkness. Just been out and its not very nice at all. Its wet, very dull and foggy in the distance. You can even see your own breath out there it feels like its 4pm in December. You know how when you see a crime thriller on tv the surroundings are often very depressing and gloomy (to add atmosphere). Well its just like that right now here.
Yes. We call it "night time". Welcome to planet Earth!
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Old 19-05-2016, 21:34
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Brrr... I just went outside to see what all the fuss was about and the air had a noticeable cooling effect on my skin. It was as though the entire mass of air in the vicinity of my house was gently moving sideways. Also, I can't see the Sun anymore as it's so low in the sky that it appears to have disappeared underground! I hope it comes back tomorrow.
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Old 19-05-2016, 22:15
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Its now practically gone completely dark now and its absolutely lashing it down outside.
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Old 19-05-2016, 22:53
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You're obsessed, mate. The world turns, very predictably I might add, and it's also tilted with respect to its orbital plane. It's been like that for a while now. Deal with it.
Yes, I knew that (duh)..

And no im not obsessed Joe. Im simply stating the facts.

It doesn't take a genius to work out that if youre having to put a lamp on to read a book or simply see around the house, at 8pm, in northern england, in the middle of May, over an hour before sunset, then its going dark a lot earlier than normal for the time of year. I may also add that my room faces north west and at this time of year on a sunny evening it is lit up brighter than strobe lights in a nightclub. You certainely dont need a light on in there till well past sunset. Not like that tonight though. Tonight it was gloomier than the set of a gritty crime thriller. Theres more to it than just the earths rotation as you can see.
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Old 19-05-2016, 23:08
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Brrr... I just went outside to see what all the fuss was about and the air had a noticeable cooling effect on my skin. It was as though the entire mass of air in the vicinity of my house was gently moving sideways. Also, I can't see the Sun anymore as it's so low in the sky that it appears to have disappeared underground! I hope it comes back tomorrow.
Yeah, imagine if it stayed pitch black all day tommorow. Everyone would be thinking its still the middle of the night lol and thier clocks and alarms were malfunctioning.
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Old 19-05-2016, 23:17
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Yes. We call it "night time". Welcome to planet Earth!
If you want to get technical about it at the time of your post it was actually civil twilight in most locations in the uk. It isnt "night" as soon as the sun goes down, we call it "twilight".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight

It may be like that on your planet but it certainely isnt on ours. There are 3 different stages of twilight before "night" here.

Welcome to Planet Earth.
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Old 19-05-2016, 23:25
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If you want to get technical about it at the time of your post it was actually civil twilight in most locations in the uk. It isnt "night" as soon as the sun goes down, we call it "twilight".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight

It may be like that on your planet but it certainely isnt on ours. There are 3 different stages of twilight before "night" here.

Welcome to Planet Earth.
Since you know all of this, why does it come as any surprise to you every day? Why do you consider it noteworthy, let alone "crazy", as your numerous threads would suggest?

When the Sun comes up tomorrow, as you know, it won't be instantaneously daylight either. And as the morning progresses the temperature will gradually build, similar to how it does every. single. day.
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Old 20-05-2016, 01:22
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Your boring.
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Old 20-05-2016, 22:19
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Who, me or Joe??
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Old 20-05-2016, 22:24
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Me, I think.
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Old 20-05-2016, 22:45
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Good.
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Old 22-05-2016, 22:51
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Nearly 11pm and still not completely dark yet.

There is a deep blue tinge in the sky and a golden glow to the north and west.

Ah, love this time of year
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Old 22-05-2016, 23:23
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[quote=Steffan_Leach;82489803

There is a deep blue tinge in the sky and a golden glow to the north and west.

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That'll be Blackpool on fire
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Old 24-05-2016, 22:44
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Still light at 9:30pm today.
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:15
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Back home and it's alot brighter than Norwich.. Kinda perpetual daylight here.
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:18
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Your boring WHAT,?
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:31
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Nice and light here in Cleveland/North Yorkshire. Street lights not on yet.
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Old 27-05-2016, 21:21
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Back home and it's alot brighter than Norwich.. Kinda perpetual daylight here.
Stop trying to make us all envious and make us beleive that you get all the daylight all the time. It's as if you own the sun lol.

Perpetual daylight, yeah whatever, you still get at least 2 hours of astro twilight at the moment, I'd hardly call that "daylight".

http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/uk/londonderry


Btw, your daylength at the moment is about the same as ours is on the summer solstice, so I guess we down here in Northern England still experience "perpetual daylight" here too.
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Old 27-05-2016, 21:39
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Nice and light here in Cleveland/North Yorkshire. Street lights not on yet.
Yup. Same here. Nearly 30 minutes after the sun disappeared behind the horizon and still light. Love this time of year.
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Old 27-05-2016, 21:40
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First streetlight just started to come on. Posted just in time.
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Old 27-05-2016, 21:57
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Stop trying to make us all envious and make us beleive that you get all the daylight all the time. It's as if you own the sun lol.

Perpetual daylight, yeah whatever, you still get at least 2 hours of astro twilight at the moment, I'd hardly call that "daylight".

http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/uk/londonderry


Btw, your daylength at the moment is about the same as ours is on the summer solstice, so I guess we down here in Northern England still experience "perpetual daylight" here too.
I don't have astronomical twilight. I was in Stansted on Wednesday night and it was dark by 9:15.

It's 9.56 here and the sun has just about set. England may have somewhat similar daylight hours to us but our daylight is staggered more to the end of the day rather than the morning.
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Old 28-05-2016, 17:40
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I don't have astronomical twilight. I was in Stansted on Wednesday night and it was dark by 9:15.

It's 9.56 here and the sun has just about set. England may have somewhat similar daylight hours to us but our daylight is staggered more to the end of the day rather than the morning.
London now has astro twilight all night as well.

http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/uk/london
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Old 28-05-2016, 21:15
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9:15 and still broad daylight here. Makes it feel a lot earlier that what it is.
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