Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:12:35 -0500 I'm afraid solstice only happen in June (longest day of the year) and December (shortest day of the year). "Vernal equinox" is around Mar 21 and "autumnal equinox" around Sept 23 when day and night are equally long. Andrew >From: Jim Hemenway <jim@hemenway.com> >Subject: [Leica] The Spring Solistice Egg Balancing Challenge. >Message-ID: <3C975563.8B49AB5D@hemenway.com> >References: > >LUGers and RUGers: > >Are you bored? > >Time on your hands with nothing to do tomorrow afternoon (EST)? > >Looking for new and different "Picture of the Week" ideas but were not >up to Kyle's "Peanut Butter" challenge? > >Well, Spring will arrive tomorrow at 2:16 P.M. EST - 19:16 GMT. > >As you may know, that time, in the very few minutes around the Solstice, >is the only time of the year in which it is possible to balance an >uncooked egg on its - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html