Sol-Sititium 2007
Translation please? For those of you who paid attention during latin class, it means sun standing. In this case on June 21st at 11:06 AM PDT it's the summer soltice (the beginning of summer) The sun over Portland reach 68 degrees above the horizon. Thursday and Friday will be the longest days of the year in with over 17 hours of daylight. North of the Arctic Circle or the 66th parallel the sun will not set for 24 hours of daylight.
Hence my home state of Alaska's nickname land of the midnight sun. It's great in the summer. But it also means on the first day of winter December 21st. NO SUNRISE! 24 hours of darkness. That's the part the Alaska Department of Tourism doesn't talk about!
Regards
Dave
Comments
Did anybody report on the beautiful display of noctilucent cloud last evening (the 19th) between about 10:00 and 10:45? Very bright. I've never seen them in Portland. Actually, I've never seen them at all. Had to do some research to make sure of what I saw. Anybody get a photo? I was disappointed that no weathercasters mentioned it.I thought it at the very least a "weather worthy" mention.I noticed it was reported from two places on the Oregon coast on a "noctilucent" web site.
Posted by: Larry Guldenzopf | June 20, 2007 9:02 PM
Dave,
I just moved into my new house in Grand Ronde, OR and wanted to mark the Summer Solstice and your article gave me the time.
Thanks,
Ron
Posted by: Ron Eshelby | June 21, 2007 10:11 AM