Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Autumn arrives...


on the glaciated spine of the continental divide south of Anaconda, Montana (click to enlarge.) I captured this mini-pan just days ago, on my travels back to eastern Washington.

The autumnal equinox specifically occurs at 2:18 pm PDT today, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator and day and night are of equal length, marking the first day of autumn. Ugh, the days are getting shorter.

2 comments:

  1. Yes, the days have been getting shorter since June 21st, no?

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  2. Well, yes, of course, but now daylight hours are progressively less than the duration of the night time. Good for astronomy but a bummer for one's mood.

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