On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:55:34 -0000, Joe wrote in


This maybe the wrong ng, but why is it that after the winter solstice, for
sometime, the evenings get lighter, while the morning continue to get
darker?

This is a very tricky question to answer in a few lines. Suffice it to say
it is partly down to the earth's elliptical orbit around the sun, and the
varying speed of rotation at different times of year. One has to
understand the connection between clock time and true sloar time. This URL
will help understand it - I hope:-)

http://www.analemma.com/Pages/framesPage.html

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Mike Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 09/12/2003 22:06:23 UTC
My aurora images here http://www.mtullett.plus.com/29a-oct and
http://www.mtullett.plus.com/20-nov/