Re: [Leica] Autumn colors in Sweden

[Nathan Wajsman <n.wajsman@chello.nl>]

Hi Kit,

Daniel's photos are indeed wonderful. To answer your question about the length
of day: as an example, in Copenhagen today the sun will rise at 8.01 am and set
at 3.50 pm. There is another month of declining days to go, so that on the
shortest day of the year, December 21st, the sun will rise around 8.30 am and
set around 3.30 pm. Where Daniel lives (Oslo/Gothenburg) the day is even shorter
at this time of year because it is about 300 km north of Copenhagen. As you
noted, in a place like Iceland, which is much further north, the effect is
really extreme. And you are also right that the light, as little as there is of
it, is wonderful.

The flip side of this is of course in late June, where the sun barely sets in
Scandinavia... Some of my more painful memories from my college days in Denmark
is coming home from the bar or some party at 3 am, and it would already be
getting light. I lived in a place with a large window facing east, so by 6 am it
would be too bright and warm in my room to sleep anymore. The worst hangovers of
my life occurred during the summer months in that place.

Nathan

Kit McChesney wrote:

> Daniel--
>
> Lovely colors! Thanks for sharing those with us.
>
> So, when does it "get dark" in Sweden, and where you live, is there a time
> when it is dark most of the day? I've been to Iceland in the winter, over
> the New Years' holiday, and it was barely light for most of the "day," which
> ran from about 10:30 am until about 3:00 pm ... the light was fantastic,
> given that the sun was just above the horizon for much of that time ...
>
> Kit
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel Ridings
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 1:40 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; paw@topica.com
> Subject: [Leica] Autumn colors in Sweden
>
> The Christmas season is coming. In Sweden we use various things from the
> forests (moss, berry twigs) to make seasonal decorations. My wife and I
> went scavaging (spotted a nice tree too ... but you're not allowed to
> chop them down :) ).
>
> http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/031122/
>
> Daniel Ridings
> Lindome, Sweden
>
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