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| (...) Got it. So changing North and South to apply here... it fits my guess. Now I have to make a model to explain it :-P (...) Now changing dates to use here, I get June 21. That was the real bugger to having my work "confirmed", since these (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) Hi Pedro, I live in the Sydney region, approx 33degrees south. I really notice the differnece in angle of the sun from winter to summer. I am fortunate in having a north-facing verandah where i often enjoy breakfast and dinner, anyway (enough (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) Ok, so this confirms our suppositions. Is this noticeable, though? I mean, if you live, say, at 25ºS, would you notice the slight "Southwise" angle during sunrise? (...) Remember, sunset works just as well! (I don't get to see sunrise as well, (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) Hey, I don't complain. Thank god for today's South gales, otherwise the beaches near me would be filled with oil... :-/ (...) Tasmania would be the closest to my own latitude (only South), but anywhere in the south of Oz is perfect. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) Well here's the theory: Earth's axis is tilted 23.5º from the solar plane, which for this discussion means any city above -23.5 latitude may see sunrise at >90º in summer (and similarly sunset <270º). Thus Darwin, Townsville, Cairns and (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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