Tag: this latitude though

Actually, in another way I am almost glad that you don’t see the sun much here this time of year. Because that’s where it is in the sky around 2:30 in the afternoon.

It’s full daylight. The dark buildings are totally down to phone camera contrast weirdness. Which might help give an idea of the glare. (Including right in my kitchen window 😎 🙃)

I can’t help it. I still find evening glare in the middle of the afternoon more than a little disconcerting. At least it is past the solstice now, if barely.

Light boxes are bad enough for triggering migraines for me that I have just had to give up on them.

At least things should be better again, knowing that I do need plenty of vitamin D supplementation. Even before moving this far north, February was always the worst month–and incidentally when people’s vitamin D levels dip the lowest. That hasn’t been as bad since I figured out to start supplements, at least. *fingers crossed*

The time change (a week before the US) really fucked me up as usual, though. Its getting full dark before 5 p.m. was really not what my system needed. With still more than a month–and another hour of afternoon light–to go until the darkest point. Staying cloudy pretty much constantly doesn’t help either.

Tired of having to ride this out every year, but there’s not much else to do ¯_(ツ)_/¯

gneerly:

hey friendly psa/reminder that with the seasons changing right now, a lot of people with mood disorders (and even people without them) can get all messed up and wonky from that so try to go a little easy on yourself if you find yourself spiraling or getting emotional a lot lately okay? youre doin your best. love u

elodieunderglass:

starlight-science-soar:

elodieunderglass:

pervocracy:

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truffledmadness:

pervocracy:

London is at about the same latitude as Calgary, Alberta.  Madrid is at about the same latitude as New York City.  And Florida is at the latitude of the Sahara Desert.

Geography is weird.

Dude, the way sunlight works here in London makes it VERY OBVIOUS how far north we are ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S TOO EARLY AND WE CAN’T GET BACK TO SLEEP BECAUSE OF THE STUPID SUNRISE.

(sorry about that)

I mean, if houses in England had shutters (like you would expect of any civilised country) instead of friggin’ curtains, the sunrise wouldn’t be an issue.

(sorry)

We don’t have shutters in the US (actually in New England we do but most of them are fake and permanently nailed open) but blackout curtains are less than $30 a pair and they’ll change your life.

Good Old Gulfie Stream!

wait what the shit london is as far north as calgary??

Yes, Northern Europe is very North indeed. It isn’t just due to the Gulf Stream, it gets wilder the more you learn.

The Scottish cities of Inverness and Aberdeen are on or near the 57th parallel, farther north than… Fort McMurray. And the Northernmost Functioning Year-Round Human Settlement – Svalbard – has milder weather in many respects than common-or-garden Canada. (Like, obviously Svalbard is the end of the world and you can probably see Valhalla from there, but Winnipeg has competed in the coldness stakes against Mars.)