Here in Oz, we've had the hottest week across Australia since WW2. Yesterday, my son & l were working on a roof and l went to take a work photo with my iphone and the phone had a image of a thermometer which said, the phone is too hot and will not work. Wish l could of said the same thing. When l went home, l had to guzzle gin & tonic just to keep my fluids up! Weather - Freakin boiling!
Are you sure? If your definition of a day was truly based on one complete rotation of the Earth on its axis — a 360 degree spin — then a day would be 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds. This is nearly 4 minutes shorter than our 24-hour standard day. However, our concept of a “day” has long been based on the natural cycle of sunlight — a period of daylight followed by a period without daylight. The mismatch of nearly 4 minutes is because the Earth must rotate more than 360 degrees between one dawn and the next. As you know, the Earth experiences two simultaneous motions — it not only spins on its axis, but it also travels in orbit around the sun. In a period of one day, the Earth travels about 1/365 of the way around the sun (because it takes about 365 days to go all the way around, which is how we define a year). This daily progress in the Earth’s orbit is almost exact a degree (defined as 1/360 of a circle). Therefore the Earth has to spin an extra degree in order to line up with the sun again each day. The result is that one complete cycle of sunlight and darkness — one day — represents a rotation of about 361 degrees, not 360 degrees. Although a year consists of 365 and a quarter days, the Earth actually spins 366 and a quarter times during a year. From the standpoint of sunrises and sunsets, one complete spin is negated each year by the journey around the sun.
Sweltering. Dry as all fcuk! 100 degrees or above. The Desert is engulfing us. Can someone please buy me a drink?
Blinds are still closed, it's early, I'm watching football but I'm sure there's weather outside somewhere.
