I currently live in Wyoming at an altitude of 7,000+ feet above sea level. Of course, days are longer during the summer, but when I look in the Western sky at 10:00 pm, there is still ight on the horizon! I've never lived in a place that has had such long sunsets! Why do this happen? Does it have something to do with our altitude and the curvature of the earth? Maybe it's our place in the hemisphere?
2006-07-03 09:47:46 · 3 answers · asked by charyl92678 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yep, it's the place in the hemisphere. At higher latitudes (further north in the Northern Hemisphere), the angle of sun's path is steep, making it take longer for the sun to go below the horizon. Indeed, it takes even longer in Alaska or in Canada.
2006-07-03 09:54:56 · answer #1 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is so far North, that's why.
the sun's trajectory has an acute angle with horizon, so sun spends much more time crossing the horizon line.
2006-07-03 16:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not alot of stuff to block it from your sight. Out on the open ocean is the longest sunsets I have seen.
2006-07-03 16:54:42 · answer #3 · answered by David 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋