An otherwise unremarkable photo. Except that this was taken around 1:45pm this afternoon. The sun had reached its apex less than an hour earlier, and was not quite six degrees above the horizon. In contrast, at my folks place in Del Boca Vista the sun was over 38° above the horizon 45 minutes after reaching its highest point. In my hometown in New York, it was 25°.
Geeky solar math via the US Naval Observatory.
Not many places where you have to drive with your headlights on at 1:45pm. Then again, we get revenge in the summer when it's almost possible to drive around after midnight without your headlights.
They are predicting upwards of a foot of snow tonight and tomorrow. I'm going to start looking at tickets to Del Boca Vista.
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