Category Archives: sun

Jul10

sun.

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The one moment when 99% of the world’s population can see the sun

For a single minute at 7:15am, EST, on Friday, July 8, 99% of the world’s population was (7.688 billion people) either in sunlight or twilight and could simultaneously spot the sun in the sky. It’s a minute in time that only happens once a year. The only countries not under sun in that minute were New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Antarctica.

It’s hard not to see, but admittedly if someone wasn’t watching for the phenomenon that unfolded Friday morning, they could have definitely missed it. This does call into question what it means to be seeing the sun. According to the website timeanddate.com, while the claim is technically true, the number of people perceiving sunlight is a bit lower – about 93% of the world’s population.

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“three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
-buddha
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source credits: derek kevra and jack nissen, wjbk news
Apr21

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(no explanation about the alien orb)

 

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that moment when you are walking

 ‘here comes the sun’ clicks on 

 the sun returns

as it always eventually does

the universe in alignment. 

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“truth is like the sun. you can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.”

-elvis presley

Apr6

tropical heat wave.

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‘Michigan’s weather has best weekend day in six months coming’

(today’s headline- here’s hoping it hits a sweaty 60!)

 

 

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“alike and ever alike, we are on all continents in the need of love,

food, clothing, work, speech, worship,

sleep, games, dancing, fun.

from tropics to arctics humanity live with these needs

so alike, so inexorably alike.”

carl sandburg

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credits: republic pictures, mark torregrossa – olive