Posted on Sep 21, 2015
This year fall begins in the northern hemisphere on September 23. Is this the fault of climate change? :-)
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I seem to remember the seasons tended to shift around the 20th or 21st of the month. I was lulled out of my thinking to learn that because the equinoxes and solstices are based on solar/lunar cycles they can shift.
Since the seasons are reversed between Northern and Southern hemispheres, I have long been curious about what happens at the equator - granted it tends to be very warm all year long at many places on the equator so it probably makes no difference to those living there. :-)
[Update] I originally posted this in humor; but, since all of the responses so far have been serious I added astronomy.
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/aboutseasons.html
Since the seasons are reversed between Northern and Southern hemispheres, I have long been curious about what happens at the equator - granted it tends to be very warm all year long at many places on the equator so it probably makes no difference to those living there. :-)
[Update] I originally posted this in humor; but, since all of the responses so far have been serious I added astronomy.
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/aboutseasons.html
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It was Thursday, 27 Aug. I stepped out of the house that morning at 0400 and the first thing that hit me was - Summer's over, fall's here. Every year it's a different day, but the feel and smell is the same. There is always something in the air for me, and I'm usually right. Yes, there will be warm days after that "feeling", but the summer heat is gone from the sun. Maybe it comes from the years I worked in the wilderness area and became so tuned in with the weather and nature.
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While it is true that nature runs on its own time schedule, and that can change from year to year, I do think that we as humans have screwed up this planet to a point where some of the natural phases of change are out of their natural alignment.
As for the equator, where I grew up was just north of the equator. The temperature ranged between 77 and 87 degree daily throughout the year. Occasionally we would get a storm that would drop it down to the lower 70's, but nothing lower than that. Seasonal changes were only something that was marked on the calendar.
As for the equator, where I grew up was just north of the equator. The temperature ranged between 77 and 87 degree daily throughout the year. Occasionally we would get a storm that would drop it down to the lower 70's, but nothing lower than that. Seasonal changes were only something that was marked on the calendar.
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The seasons are based on the equinoxes and solstices. I was amused to learn that different areas of the world define the beginning of each season differently.
"People in Australia and New Zealand for example, consider September 1 as the beginning of spring. The Irish on the other hand believe that spring begins on February 1, when they celebrate St Brigid's Day. Some cultures, especially those in South Asia have calendars that divide the year in six seasons, instead of the four that most of us are familiar with."
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that different groups of people define the beginning of the seasons differently after all different groups established the time zones with exceptions and more recently daylight savings time was initiated less than a century ago as though we could actually save some daylight :-)
"People in Australia and New Zealand for example, consider September 1 as the beginning of spring. The Irish on the other hand believe that spring begins on February 1, when they celebrate St Brigid's Day. Some cultures, especially those in South Asia have calendars that divide the year in six seasons, instead of the four that most of us are familiar with."
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that different groups of people define the beginning of the seasons differently after all different groups established the time zones with exceptions and more recently daylight savings time was initiated less than a century ago as though we could actually save some daylight :-)
When does spring, summer, fall and winter begin?
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LTC Stephen F.
PO3 Steven Sherrill - I think the same could be said for northern Alaska and Cape Horn in the southern hemisphere.
Do the Scandinavians consider themselves to be Germanic peoples?
SGM Mikel Dawson since you are living in Denmark, do the Danes consider themselves to be Germanic?
Do the Scandinavians consider themselves to be Germanic peoples?
SGM Mikel Dawson since you are living in Denmark, do the Danes consider themselves to be Germanic?
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
LTC Stephen F. - Germania referred to the area North of the Danube, East of the Rhein. All of the tribes that lived in that massive expanse of land were referred to by the Romans as Germani.
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LTC Stephen F.
PO3 Steven Sherrill - So much for Pax Romana :-)
The lost legions disappeared somewhere in Germania most likely.
The lost legions disappeared somewhere in Germania most likely.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
LTC Stephen F. - The great Julius Caesar understood that to subjugate the Germani would be impossible. The Batavi Tribe was a Germanic Tribe that used horses. Caesar admired their cavalry to a point he developed tactics for the roman legions based on their horsemen.
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