Yesterday I was in a discussion with someone who claimed that in the summer above the artic circle the sun traverses the northern horizon. I thought it should be traversing to the south. Can any of the northern Paddlewisers answer the question? My expectation is that the sun would appear to travel from east to west, low to the southern horizion at Midnight and high at Noon. Curious minds want to know. Dana Dickson *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Jul 21, 12:43, "Dickson, Dana A." wrote: } Subject: [Paddlewise] Midnight Sun Navigatio Question > Yesterday I was in a discussion with someone who claimed that in the summer > above the artic circle the sun traverses the northern horizon. I thought it > should be traversing to the south. Can any of the northern Paddlewisers > answer the question? My expectation is that the sun would appear to travel > from east to west, low to the southern horizion at Midnight and high at > Noon. > > Curious minds want to know. Northern horizon is correct. If you can, get ahold of a globe. Or just think really hard about one. Tilt the axis a little, then look at where the sun would be from areas above the arctic circle. You'll see that the north pole passes between points above the arctic circle and the sun. -- Bob Myers InteleNet Communications, Inc. Email: bob_at_InteleNet.net 18101 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 550 Phone: 949-851-8250 x227 Irvine, CA 92612 Fax: 949-851-1088 http://www.intelenet.net/ InteleNet Communications is a subsidiary of FirstWorld Communications, Inc. http://www.firstworld.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In the arctic (north) in the summer, my experience is that the sun appears to travel around you once every 24 hours. It is high in the southern horizon at noon and low on the northern at midnight. I don't understand how it can stay on one horizon if you are continually spinning. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Daniel Key Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington dtheman_at_u.washington.edu (206) 729-7809 http://students.washington.edu/dtheman -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Bob Myers wrote: > On Jul 21, 12:43, "Dickson, Dana A." wrote: > } Subject: [Paddlewise] Midnight Sun Navigatio Question > > Yesterday I was in a discussion with someone who claimed that in the summer > > above the artic circle the sun traverses the northern horizon. I thought it > > should be traversing to the south. Can any of the northern Paddlewisers > > answer the question? My expectation is that the sun would appear to travel > > from east to west, low to the southern horizion at Midnight and high at > > Noon. > > > > Curious minds want to know. > > Northern horizon is correct. > > If you can, get ahold of a globe. Or just think really hard about one. > > Tilt the axis a little, then look at where the sun would be from areas > above the arctic circle. You'll see that the north pole passes between > points above the arctic circle and the sun. > > > -- > Bob Myers InteleNet Communications, Inc. > Email: bob_at_InteleNet.net 18101 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 550 > Phone: 949-851-8250 x227 Irvine, CA 92612 > Fax: 949-851-1088 http://www.intelenet.net/ > > InteleNet Communications is a subsidiary of FirstWorld Communications, Inc. > http://www.firstworld.com/ > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 12:43 pm 21/07/99 -0500, you wrote: >Yesterday I was in a discussion with someone who claimed that in the summer >above the artic circle the sun traverses the northern horizon. I thought it >should be traversing to the south. Can any of the northern Paddlewisers >answer the question? It happens in the southern hemisphere too, only opposite (still rises in the east though). >My expectation is that the sun would appear to travel >from east to west, low to the southern horizion at Midnight and high at >Noon. > >Curious minds want to know. > >Dana Dickson 1.) The sun and everything else will always be to the south of you if you are standing at the North Pole. 2.) If you are not standing at the north pole it is possible to look north. 3.) The sun follows the horizon and is visible for 24 hours (you're north of the Arctic Circle in summer) Therefore the sun can be north or south of you dependant on the time of day. Alex Alex (Sandy) Ferguson Chemistry Department University of Canterbury New Zealand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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