May all traffic jams be like this

May all traffic jams be like this, originally uploaded by miquel_martin.

10am on a January, by the Victoria Tower in Mannheim; A traffic jam, but a gorgeous sunrise to compensate.
It's summer now, so I was wondering how it could be so dark, so late. It turns out (instructions here), however, that we have a three hour sunrise time variation over the year, (not accounting for summer time)!. Well, we're way better off than Helsinki, or further north, with true midnight sun at Santa Claus' home in Rovaniemi. For the extremes, check Qaanaaq, somewhere in very northern Greenland (77°N) and Nairobi, Kenya, almost on the equator (1°S). Do your own checks here. Happy summer solstice!

10 del mati, Gener, a la vora de la Torre Victória a Mannheim; Un bon embús, pero també una sortida de sol genial per compensar.
Ara som a l'estiu, aixi que em preguntava com podia ser tan fosc, sent que era tan tard. Resulta (instructions aquí),que tenim unes tres hores de diferència en la sortida del sol al llarg de l'any (sense tenir en compte l'horari d'estiu)!. Bé, ho tenim força millor que a Helsinki, o més al nord, amb sol de mitjanit a casa de Santa Claus a Rovaniemi. Si voleu veure els extrems, mireu Qaanaaq, molt al nord de Groenlàndia (77°N) i Nairobi, Kenya, quasi a l'equador (1°S). Feu els vostres càlculs aquí. Feliç solistici d'estiu!

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