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How Could 15,000+ Scientists be Wrong?

05 Friday Oct 2018

Posted by Playamart - Zeebra Designs in TRAVEL: LATIN AMERICA

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ebird october big day, Equinox noon shadow, lisa brunetti - a journey, Nomadas en Manabi, october big day

Equinox Shadows

Poza Honda/Manabi/Ecuador –  I’m still a big baffled, here just south of the equator. The sun was still in the eastern sky at noon on the September Equinox. It reached ‘zenith’ around nine minutes past noon and began tipping into the western skies around 12 past noon.

“Amigos!” I called a few days later, when the sun repeated its high-noon stage fright. “Check your watches and help me understand why the sun is late for our noon date!” Jorge pulled out his fancy phone then gave everyone a mini-equinox lesson!

It’s easy to rationalize and say well, we’re not exactly on the equator or maybe all world clocks are running fast and should be re-calibrated with the sun!  Continue reading →

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