Joe, You mean something scientific like: "Today marks the halfway point of our annual journey around the sun. Today the sun rises and sets directly over the equator with the day and night uniform in length. Starting tomorrow, the sun begins it's journey south of the equator, creating shorter days and longer nights for us in the North. On about December 21st, the beginning of winter, the sun will be 23.5 degrees south of the equator which marks the longest period of darkness for those of us in the Northern hemisphere. Come March, the sun will have made it back to the equator where the cycle starts all over again." You can almost set your clock to it. ;) Guy Quoting Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com>:
Oops, sorry about that last note. I intended it for Patrick only and didn't realize it was going to the whole group. But if anyone else has good scientific comments about why it's the first day of fall, give me a ring! -- Joe
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