Funny Old World

Not a lot has been happening this week. That's probably not true because, given the scope and complexity of the world I'll bet there's the same amount of stuff happens every week, it's just that I haven't noticed it.

Wellington's a strange place; this morning the wind and rain were, quite simply, horrendous. I hate the place when it's like that. Other days it can be glorious. However, strangeness presents itself in rather strange ways; take last night's sunset for example.

If you stood in the centre of the earth facing north the earth would appear to turn clockwise (that's 'centre' as in the supposedly molton iron core thingy) so, when you're on the surface the Sun 'appears' to rise in the East. I say 'appears' in two senses because it doesn't actually 'rise' it's just that the earth turns towards it. However, the result, as I've shown before, is magnificant sunrises and they're quite common; here's some I made earlier.

So far, so good. The clockwise revolution of the earth means the Sun 'sets' in the West and you get stunning sunsets, for instance, in Vancouver. I have an incredible shot of one taken across the fields at ADPH which I must scan one day. I have no idea where the original is but I have a blow-up about 24in x 16in which I'll frame when RR gets built.










There's a large hill behind this apartment block so I don't get to see the sunsets but last night I took these photos:

So what, I hear you say? They're not as spectacular as the other pictures. But, wait, there's more! These were taken facing EAST! ... and they were taken at around 6 pm. It's a sunSET. Weird.








... and this is the same view now!