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Apr 8th, 2001, 01:41 PM
The attached photo was taken in a non-leap year.
Identify the date,month of the year. Justify your answer.
Answers can be posted here.

Hint : This can be Scientifically explained.
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Apr 8th, 2001, 01:55 PM
Hint2 : There is a Name for this day of the year.
Even if you don't know the correct date ...this
name will be accepted as an answer.
parksie
Apr 8th, 2001, 01:56 PM
Winter solstice?
kedaman
Apr 8th, 2001, 01:57 PM
has this something to do with where havana is positioned, the sun is in zenit and it's 12:00 which has happened only once?
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Apr 8th, 2001, 02:00 PM
Parksie missed it by the skin of his teeth.
Kedaman got something...develop it..
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Apr 8th, 2001, 02:02 PM
BTW kedaman this happens every year..
kedaman
Apr 8th, 2001, 02:03 PM
hmm, maybe i happened to find that particulary cool hint but i don't know how to continue
kedaman
Apr 8th, 2001, 02:04 PM
i might have fallen asleep during that particular geography lesson
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Apr 9th, 2001, 07:18 AM
Anyone here...Try this.
denniswrenn
Apr 9th, 2001, 07:46 AM
Summer Solstice(June 21)?
anoop007
Apr 9th, 2001, 07:51 AM
Solar eclipse?
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Apr 9th, 2001, 07:55 AM
Dennis is right !!!

But he has to explain the rationale behind it..
anoop007
Apr 9th, 2001, 07:56 AM
Equinox?
denniswrenn
Apr 9th, 2001, 07:57 AM
It's when the sun is at it's northernmost point.
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Apr 9th, 2001, 08:00 AM
Hey dennis. come on be more detailed...every body will kill me if I agree with your explanation.
denniswrenn
Apr 9th, 2001, 08:01 AM
That's just a risk I'll have to take :D
anoop007
Apr 9th, 2001, 08:05 AM
yeah.. i will explain...

Havana lies in the Tropic of Cancer (24.5 degrees north latitude).... The sun migrates virtually between the two tropics (Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn) every year.. the Norhtern most position is at tropic of cancer.. havana lies there.. so it has to be the Summer Solistice..

Will that do?
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Apr 9th, 2001, 08:12 AM
Tropic of Cancer is at 23.5 Degrees North.
Havana is not exactly on it...But slightly south.
But still at 12:00 Noon the sun is near the zenith.
the shadows cast will not be at an angle to
the objects.

Actually solstice can occur at Summer and at winter relative to Northern Hemisphere.

Since havana is in Northern Hemisphere and it's Tropic of cancer and Not the Tropic of Capricorn...Parksie
is wrong...But He was the first one to be closer to the
answer.
kedaman
Apr 9th, 2001, 08:18 AM
i think i remember something though
kedaman
Apr 9th, 2001, 08:21 AM
damn i'm slow
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Apr 9th, 2001, 08:28 AM
The Wires between the posts sagging due to thermal expansion is a clue that it's summer.

Damn...how parksie missed it completely ?
parksie
Apr 9th, 2001, 10:43 AM
It's bloody freezing over here and the wires look like they do in the photo, so it was impossible to tell.
kedaman
Apr 9th, 2001, 10:45 AM
how would that look at summer then?
parksie
Apr 9th, 2001, 10:49 AM
Surprisingly, not much different. They only sag a little more.
kedaman
Apr 9th, 2001, 10:54 AM
right, but what if you get 233088 K at summer and 0K at winter
parksie
Apr 9th, 2001, 10:57 AM
Then the Earth would have fractured from the temperature differential between the hemispheres :p
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Apr 9th, 2001, 11:04 AM
Yeh...We can Generate Power using seibeck effect. ;)
kedaman
Apr 9th, 2001, 11:05 AM
well, doesn't show in the picture though