Sunrise and sunset trivia

the longest day of the year is June 21st

except in Philadelphia, where every day is

In December the sun starts setting a few minutes later as the month progresses, but daylight gets shorter because the sun also rises several minutes later.

Sunset is actually earlier on Thanksgiving than it is on Christmas Day in Louisiana.

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Most know the longest day of the year is the first day of summer,

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Saying it’s the longest day is not technically correct….the length of the day has not changed. The summer solstice has the longest daylight time.

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That's drone footage.

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I read this as:

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You can watch the sunset at the base of the 2,717 ft tall Burj Khalifa building in Dubai, and then take an elevator to the top and watch the sunrise.

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I've been there and done that in real life

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Don't care.

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so calling me a dipshit for pointing out bullshite is quite dipshitty of you on this matter.

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I called you a dipshit for thinking OP's link was drone footage when it is clearly and obviously game footage and labeled as such.

As to whether you can actually watch the sun set twice by riding the elevator, it should be possible. There is almost a 3 minute differential between sunset at ground level vs the observation deck, and I believe the elevator takes a little over a minute to get there. Maybe you with your real life experience can tell the class whether it takes more than 2 more minutes to get from the elevator to a place where you can see the sun again.

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the longest day of the year is June 21st

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….unless you’re having a colonoscopy that day.

Once the setting sun hits the horizon, it is gone in two minutes, two seconds.