Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti...
by Jedd on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @10:16PM
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When I spent Christmas in Reykjavik a few years ago, there was nominally 4 hours of (barely) daylight - 11:30 through 15:30.
But because the sun barely ever got much above the horizon, the slightest cloud cover meant it mostly felt like twilight.
I can't imagine anyone calling something 5 degrees above the horizon the 'top of the sky', but perhaps they did. I don't speak any Icelandic, so I can't really say for sure.
Interestingly the solar noon during winter (ie. not daylight savings) there is around 13:30 -- no one seemed to be terribly concerned it not being 12:00
But because the sun barely ever got much above the horizon, the slightest cloud cover meant it mostly felt like twilight.
I can't imagine anyone calling something 5 degrees above the horizon the 'top of the sky', but perhaps they did. I don't speak any Icelandic, so I can't really say for sure.
Interestingly the solar noon during winter (ie. not daylight savings) there is around 13:30 -- no one seemed to be terribly concerned it not being 12:00