Sorry Clay, I iintended to send this to the whole list. (never get that reply/reply all button stuff figured out)
Cearbhael ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Clay Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south > First off, it is doesn't need a scientist to break it down. The sun comes up > in the east and goes down in the West. The only time there is a left or > right depends on what direction YOUR standing. Actually if I face east in > the morning (and wouldn't matter what hemisphere you are in) it will come up > straight in front of you and travel up and over behind you. If your facing > west, you won't see it come up and won't see it until it is noon when you > can look straight up at it. Then you can watch it move away from you and > down. If your facing North. (any hemisphere) the sun will go from right to > left. If you facing south then it will move from left to right. So...unless > your exactly positive what direction your facing, it is easier to remember > that in the morning it is in the east. Around noon it is pretty much > overhead, and in the afternoon it is in the western sky. So it makes more > sense to be aware of what time of day it is and then look where the sun is > and figure out what direction your going. You can also look at your shadow. > They always point away from the sun. > > So where the sun is concerned, left and right is a very relative term and > not very reliable. > > Cearbhael > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Clay Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Chat > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:58 PM > Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south > > > > > It had never occured to me until it was mentioned in that > > programme that in the southern hemisphere the sun and moon > > travel across the > > sky from right to left instead of from left to right as it > > does in the > > northern hemisphere. I'd find that very disorientating. < > > > > REALLY?! It has never occurred to me either, and my poor > > befuddled brain just can't > > "get around it". Could one of our scientific minds please > > break this down for me!! > > > > Clay > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:31 AM > > Subject: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south > > > > > > > There was a programme on TV the other night about the > > effect the moon has on > > > the earth. It had never occured to me until it was > > mentioned in that > > > programme that in the southern hemisphere the sun and moon > > travel across the > > > sky from right to left instead of from left to right as it > > does in the > > > northern hemisphere. I'd find that very disorientating. > > > > > > How do people who have 'east/west' problems cope in US > > cities where streets > > > have names like "East 54th Street"? > > > > > > Jean in Poole > > > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > containing the line: > > > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > > to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
