Apparently, we are getting dust from the Gobi Desert in our air. I haven't noticed anything but blue sky, but I'll try to pay attention to see whether we have particularly pretty sunrises and sunsets over the next few weeks. Dust from the Gobi Desert! Whoda thunk?
And as long as we are doing trivia, I learned today that although we are below the Arctic Circle and thus never have 24 hours of sunlight in Summer, nor 24 hours of darkness in Winter, Murphy Dome is apparently high enough that you can get such effects for three days near the Solstices. Yup, from the top of Murphy Dome the sun won't set for three days near the Summer Solstice, and won't rise for three days near the Winter Solstice. Cool, huh? Maybe we should plan a midnight hike! :D
2 comments:
Bears hunt food especially before their hibernation to store more fat for the winter -- Discovery Channel
Hike in the dark is super dangerous because people cannot see their surroundings -- mudder
Um... I was talking about hiking at midnight IN THE LIGHT (the Summer Solstice). Hiking in the Winter at night is out of the question, for much more common reasons than bears (snow+darkness=BAD).
I find it very interesting that given the two things to which I could be referring (hiking at midnight in the Summer, or hiking at midnight in the Winter), you choose to believe that hiking at midnight in the Winter is the more likely choice. Especially considering that it is now April, and Summer is coming up, and Winter is a long way away. And still, you decide that Winter is more likely what I am referring to.
I would like to reiterate what I said in my last response to your last comment. Real life has enough bad things, it's really unhealthy, and really sad, to force yourself to see monsters where there are none, just to upset yourself. "Worst-case scenario" is a good way to plan for the future, but it still has to be a REAL scenario. If you have to stretch plausibility to FORCE something to look scary, it probably isn't. :)
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