Comments on: Days Getting Longer http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/12/22/days-getting-longer/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:52:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Erik’s Blog » Happy Groundhog Imbolc Candlemas Day! http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/12/22/days-getting-longer/#comment-358 Erik’s Blog » Happy Groundhog Imbolc Candlemas Day! Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:53:55 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/12/22/days-getting-longer/#comment-358 [...] the various holidays that have been invented to celebrate this cross-quarter day between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Most of you are familiar with the American Groundhog Day festivities, [...] [...] the various holidays that have been invented to celebrate this cross-quarter day between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Most of you are familiar with the American Groundhog Day festivities, [...]

]]> By: Uncle Steve http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/12/22/days-getting-longer/#comment-299 Uncle Steve Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:26:08 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/12/22/days-getting-longer/#comment-299 Winter Solstice is highly celebrated here in Alaska; so some people go and do dumb stuff like camping out that night, but more people just head down the the local saloon and order a tall one. In just another month or so, the sun will again rise high enough in the sky for us to begin to get a little peek of it; we have two months out of the year where the sun never hits our house... North of here at Point Barrow, it is dead dark 24/7 now. I never knew why the Arctic Circle is where it is or what it is, but now know it is the southernmost place where it becomes dark 24/7 this time of year (and light out 24/7 in the summer). Steve Winter Solstice is highly celebrated here in Alaska; so some people go and do dumb stuff like camping out that night, but more people just head down the the local saloon and order a tall one.

In just another month or so, the sun will again rise high enough in the sky for us to begin to get a little peek of it; we have two months out of the year where the sun never hits our house…

North of here at Point Barrow, it is dead dark 24/7 now. I never knew why the Arctic Circle is where it is or what it is, but now know it is the southernmost place where it becomes dark 24/7 this time of year (and light out 24/7 in the summer).

Steve

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