dailybell: 5/26/24 - 6/2/24

dailybell

2008 was the inaugural year in an ongoing, aspirational project dedicated to the observation of the sun every time it crosses the horizon and to sharing the awareness of that moment with others while ringing bells. It is based on the conviction that something as inarguable as the movement of the earth can be used as a point of unity and awareness among large groups of people who might otherwise find it impossible to agree. Want to Participate? www.facebook.com/dailybell.sunwatch/

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Try this if you are ever on a plane at sunrise or sunset.

May 29, 2024. Sunset 9:04 PM. Flint, MI?
This is my best guess for the location of the plane at sunset since I could only guess about the usual factors- i.e. What time is it? Where are we? Where/what is the horizon.

Plus, it turns out we were flying off route because of storms on the East Coast. (We eventually detoured and landed in Pittsburgh, PA to refuel as we were circling around and around up there somewhere and needed to gas up).

I chose Flint because of its proximity to Detroit which had briefly shown up on the back of the seat screen a few minutes earlier and the sunset time there was pretty close. I could still see sunlight color on the seat across the aisle, but not on the wing of the plane.

Where are the rocket scientists when you need them?!