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I remember visiting England in Decemember and January. Found it novel how the sun didn't go much about the horizon. It was like it was stuck on late afternoon sunlight.
Well the sun angle in England isn't too bad but up there in Shetlands its awful.
I remember visiting England in Decemember and January. Found it novel how the sun didn't go much about the horizon. It was like it was stuck on late afternoon sunlight.
I think you are exaggerating how low the sun is here in the winter, it is actually above the horizon by quite a margin. It's just because you barely have a winter sun.
People living in the UK don't notice the low sun angle because it's something we live with every year, but to a person from Massachusetts, it will be extremely noticeable. Even a person from Paris would probably find our low sun angle a shock. I would find the comparatively high winter sun in New England to be odd.
Well the sun angle in England isn't too bad but up there in Shetlands its awful.
The difference between us is stark. Though Shetlands must barely get much of any sun. On December 15 sun angle is:
At solar noon @ 53°N: 13.8°
At solar noon @ 42°N: 24.6°
At 2hr45m past solar noon @ 53°N: 5.3°
At 2hr45m past solar noon @ 42°N: 13.8°
So at solar noon, your sun is half as high in the sky, about the same as ours would be 2hr45mins later. At that there, the sun would be more or less on the horizon. The summer differences would be much less obvious, because outside of midday, the sun angle would be similar or lower here. And 25° is still a winter sun, it's much lower than summer sun both here and in England.
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