Happy summer solstice

It’s the summer solstice! Longest day of the year. Before I moved back home and lived in South Carolina, I would sometimes pull up a live web-cam of the Mackinaw Bridge at sunset (local time) to see the sun still up at that different lattatude. The longitude, (North and South lines) were the same, but the latitude had changed enough that it made a big difference, especially this time of year.

Most readers probably don’t notice or care, but one of the first things I do when starting a book is spend a few hours printing out a chart of sunrise/set, moonrise/set, twilight data for each location in the books. Usually I’ve only got one, but PALE DEMON had a bunch, and it was interesting seeing how latitude as well as longitude changed things.

If you write, it’s a great resource. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.php