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So is it time zone or geography?
I feel like when I was in Chicago, which is an hour behind Ohio, it got dark when I would expect it to, and it's further north. |
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In ohio at this time of year at 9:15pm it is still light out, just getting dusk I was recently on the North Carolina coast and at 9:15pm it was pitch dark. How is this? Same time zones? I'm ignorant to it View Quote |
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To start with, the sun doesn't magically jump 1/24'th of a distance across the sky each hour. Where you are east to west in the time zone matters.
Where you are north to south also matters as far as how much daylight there is at any particular time of the year. |
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To start with, the sun doesn't magically jump 1/24'th of a distance across the sky each hour. Where you are east to west in the time zone matters. Where you are north to south also matters as far as how much daylight there is at any particular time of the year. View Quote |
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To start with, the sun doesn't magically jump 1/24'th of a distance across the sky each hour. Where you are east to west in the time zone matters. Where you are north to south also matters as far as how much daylight there is at any particular time of the year. View Quote |
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BTW the way OP trolling or not this thread had me rolling! Thanks!
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JC. I am about to go and buy a coloring book of the US and a box of crayons.
A cop you say? |
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Mix of Latitude and longitude.
But taking longitude out of the picture.... Sunset here is around 8:23 now ( southern RI, Lat 41.490) Cleveland OH, about 500 miles west, roughly same latitude (41.4993) and same time zone is a little past 9:00. |
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Mix of Latitude and longitude. But taking longitude out of the picture.... Sunset here is around 8:23 now ( southern RI, Lat 41.490) Cleveland OH, about 500 miles west, roughly same latitude (41.4993) and same time zone is a little past 9:00. View Quote I figured the sun would set at the same time in the same time zone. Sunset at 8:23 in the summer? That sucks |
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Time zone changes are gradual. You don't think the sun jumps a whole hour right on the border of the central/eastern, right?
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That's weird I figured the sun would set at the same time in the same time zone. Sunset at 8:23 in the summer? That sucks View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Mix of Latitude and longitude. But taking longitude out of the picture.... Sunset here is around 8:23 now ( southern RI, Lat 41.490) Cleveland OH, about 500 miles west, roughly same latitude (41.4993) and same time zone is a little past 9:00. I figured the sun would set at the same time in the same time zone. Sunset at 8:23 in the summer? That sucks |
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You really do not have even the most rudimentary understanding of the planet. Sad really. How old are you? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Mix of Latitude and longitude. But taking longitude out of the picture.... Sunset here is around 8:23 now ( southern RI, Lat 41.490) Cleveland OH, about 500 miles west, roughly same latitude (41.4993) and same time zone is a little past 9:00. I figured the sun would set at the same time in the same time zone. Sunset at 8:23 in the summer? That sucks |
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That's weird I figured the sun would set at the same time in the same time zone. Sunset at 8:23 in the summer? That sucks View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Mix of Latitude and longitude. But taking longitude out of the picture.... Sunset here is around 8:23 now ( southern RI, Lat 41.490) Cleveland OH, about 500 miles west, roughly same latitude (41.4993) and same time zone is a little past 9:00. I figured the sun would set at the same time in the same time zone. Sunset at 8:23 in the summer? That sucks |
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You know that the Earth rotates and places more eastern (in the direction of the rotation) will be blocked from the sun earlier than something 500 miles opposite of that rotation....right. View Quote I thought that was the whole point of time zones |
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OP you should check out this website for more details.
https://theflatearthsociety.org/home/ |
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Attached File Roughly anywhere between the tape lines it is the same time by your watch. The sun sets when the nightness comes. |
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On the incredibly dark black night of June 21, 2010, you are totally alone in a row boat at Latitude 0 degrees North and Longitude 180 degrees West (Equator, international date line). You have no artificial means of telling time (ie. No watch, no phone, no radio, no navigational or nautical instruments). The sea is dead calm. There is no wind or current. The sky is completely overcast. You cannot see the moon or any stars. There are no animals, birds, or fish within 50 miles of your location. The nearest ship or land mass is over 500 miles away. Question: How can you tell when it is EXACTLY MIDNIGHT ??
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I love the question and the answer is likely awesome, I just hope Polaris is part of it on the horizon due North (but it is a star on a cloudy night).
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So the parts of the sun I see in Ohio isn't the same one I see in NC? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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To start with, the sun doesn't magically jump 1/24'th of a distance across the sky each hour. Where you are east to west in the time zone matters. Where you are north to south also matters as far as how much daylight there is at any particular time of the year. |
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You need to get your eyes checked, I can see mountains 200+ miles away where I live. View Quote I know you can see the mountains that far away, and I can see the sun that far away. I would expect it to be the same sun NC is seeing |
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3 miles straight line then the earth's curves come into play I know you can see the mountains that far away, and I can see the sun that far away. I would expect it to be the same sun NC is seeing View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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You need to get your eyes checked, I can see mountains 200+ miles away where I live. I know you can see the mountains that far away, and I can see the sun that far away. I would expect it to be the same sun NC is seeing I bet watching the sun set on a ship traveling west would blow your mind. |
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In ohio at this time of year at 9:15pm it is still light out, just getting dusk I was recently on the North Carolina coast and at 9:15pm it was pitch dark. How is this? Same time zones? I'm ignorant to it View Quote |
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Well now the OP should completely understand why we have to plant short day onions in Florida (the Sunshine State} and the Yankees get to plant long day onions after the ice melts.
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In ohio at this time of year at 9:15pm it is still light out, just getting dusk I was recently on the North Carolina coast and at 9:15pm it was pitch dark. How is this? Same time zones? I'm ignorant to it View Quote |
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What it looks like facing north when at the beach in Eesti at 11:00PM this time of year.
Attached File This really screws with people from southern latitudes. |
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On the incredibly dark black night of June 21, 2010, you are totally alone in a row boat at Latitude 0 degrees North and Longitude 180 degrees West (Equator, international date line). You have no artificial means of telling time (ie. No watch, no phone, no radio, no navigational or nautical instruments). The sea is dead calm. There is no wind or current. The sky is completely overcast. You cannot see the moon or any stars. There are no animals, birds, or fish within 50 miles of your location. The nearest ship or land mass is over 500 miles away. Question: How can you tell when it is EXACTLY MIDNIGHT ?? View Quote |
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Quoted: We should just have the same time zone for the entire country that way the sun would set at the same time on both coasts. Amirite? |
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3 miles straight line then the earth's curves come into play I know you can see the mountains that far away, and I can see the sun that far away. I would expect it to be the same sun NC is seeing View Quote |
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