July 1, 2019. Sunset 7:46 PM. China.
Beijing- Miyun (in the shadow of the Great Wall) July 11, 2019. Sunset 8:31 PM. Jenkintown, PA. Neighbor Colleen caught THIS shot...nice! -- Joe P.Links of Interest
- Farmers Almanac
- sunrise and sunset look up times
- 22-year Solar Magnetic Cycle
- dailybell Facebook page
- Brenda's website
- Equinox vs Equilux- ever wonder?
- Spring Equinox info
- Autumn Equinox info
- Solstice audio recordings from around the world
- FAQ's about the Earth's Rotation
- Ask an Astrophysicist
- Huna Wisdom
- environmental awareness ringing endorsement
- December Sun Watchers AUDIO ARCHIVE
- Daily Radio - December Sun Watching Schedule
- Baylink Bus Schedules
- Golden Gate Ferry Schedules
- Hiroshima Peace Bridge
- Total Solar Eclipse in China- 8/1/08
- Equinox Information
- Map of California Fires June 2008
- Manhattan Stonehenge 5/28/08 PM
- Summer Solstice Information
- Meridian Interns' Videos
- NY Times article - No Quasimodo... 2/8/08
- Adria recommends this book about El Camino Bells
- Adria's link to info about El Camino Bells
- Anti-Salvation Army?
Monday, July 1, 2019
Lagging and dragging-- leg and the light
Since mid-July, it looks like we've been losing a minute of light from either end of the day. For us at this latitude the days are 33" shorter since the Solstice. It's creeping along-- Much like walking abilities these days... From China and Poland to Pennsylvania and California.-- I am especially grateful to everyone who shared their sun crossing moments with the dailybell these past few weeks as I have been hobbling around on a broken ankle since the end of June. Thank you everyone for sharing your days and evenings and for your kind wishes. Brenda
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Monday, June 24, 2019
Breaking for the Sun
June 24, 2019. Sunset 8:35 PM. San Francisco, CA. Ian Saxton, David Samas and I outside of Adobe Books during the break from an exciting evening by Shelley Hirsch, Thea Farhadian, Gino Robair and Thomas Dimuzio. Thanks David Samas for the video!
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Friday, June 21, 2019
Summer Solstice - Chapel of the chiming Chimes!
June 121, 2019. Sunset 8:34 PM.
Oakland, CA.
Garden of Memory Solstice celebration.
Wow!
Many thanks to Joyce Gibrick, Jenny Holland, Marti Mogensen, Lynne Piade, Wendy Reid, Norman Tuck, Betsy Willson, Chien and Zofia Wang
And to David Samas and the Cardew Choir and to everyone who participated to create this amazing moment of celebration and observance.
Thank you, for the video snippet! <3 from participant- Douglas Currens
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Saturday, June 15, 2019
my birthday with a new old bell
June 15, 2019. Sunrise 5:46 AM.
San Francisco, CA.
The backyard on my birthday. Dreary, but such welcome quiet.
Thank you, Diane and Mike for the beautiful old bell!
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USPS sunrise driver training
June 15, 2019. Sunrise 5:24 AM.
East New York, NY.
from Barbara Hertel : “I got up at 4:15 am today Saturday so I could get to my driving class at USPS in East New York by 6 am. Gateway National Park is the land in the background. This is from the parking lot at the Brooklyn distribution center.” Barbara is training to be a postal delivery person!!
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Friday, June 14, 2019
drab and drizzled
June 14, 2019. Sunset 8:33 PM.
Richmond, CA.
Very Windy!
I ducked out into the parking lot between films at an ongoing series of presentations during the current exhibition “Spirit of Invention III” at the Bridge Storage and ArtSpace. The show runs through July and features the work of Bay Area instrument makers (much of it is interactive), films and performances. Stop by if you are in the Bay Area.
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Friday, June 7, 2019
great set of pipes
June 7, 2019. Sunset 8:37 PM.
Mount Tabor, NJ.
Video from Norman Lowrey. And just when you think it's the most it can be, that bird pipes up!!! Norman says it’s a cardinal
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Sunday, June 2, 2019
We miss you Bill
Sunset June 2, 2019.
Recent FL sunset from my friend Larry...
Bill’s Birthday- 10 years of no birthdays. I can’t imagine my baby brother as an “old man”.
thank you Joe
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Saturday, May 11, 2019
Friday, May 10, 2019
Noisy Spirits at Sunset
May 10, 2019. Sunset 8:07 PM.
Richmond, CA.
Opening evening sunset for Spirit of invention III at the Bridge Storage and ARTSpace in Richmond, CA. Curated by Peter Whitehead, this amazing collection of instruments and scheduled performances will be up and running through the summer. The place itself offers access to a 2200 square foot workspace & art gallery, shared art studio, woodshop, and sewing lab, with the same perks as more conventional coworking spaces. Bridge facilities include a commercial film stage/screening room which doubles as an event venue. It’s a bit out of the way but well worth a visit.
Thank you David Samas for capturing the moment!
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
closing down
April 25, 2019. Sunset 7:53 PM.
Center for New Music. San Francisco.
Closing of the Bells exhibition at the Center for New Music. Curated by Bart Hopkin and David Samas, the show featured work by Paolo Soleri- Italian architect, designer and inventor of the wind bell with features a sail on the clapper. It was an honor to participate along with other artists from the Bay Area and to end the closing evening with the gentle bell ringing.
Thank you, David for the video.
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Sunday, April 21, 2019
Passover Sunset and Easter Sunrise
April 19, 2019. Sunset 7:48 PM.
San Francisco, CA.
Counting our Blessings.
April 21, 2019. Sunrise 6:27 AM.
San Francisco, CA.
Praying them forward.
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Passover sunset and Easter Sunrise
DB4_19_19. Sunset 7:48 PM. 4_21_19. Sunrise 6:27 AM. San Francisco, CA. Counting our blessings. Praying them forward.
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Sunday, March 17, 2019
Happy Equilux 2019!
March 17, 2019.
San Francisco, CA.
Unless you live at the Equator, the balance of light and dark does not occur on the Equinox. As you move North, it occurs earlier (and v.v.)
At this latitude the sun rose and set at 7:18 and 7:19 on March 17 neatly dividing and balancing the amount of time we spent in the light and the night. So happy Equilux whenever it occurs for you. (Happy St. Patrick’s Day, too).
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Friday, March 8, 2019
Daylight Shifty Time
March 8, 2019. Sunset 6:09 PM.
San Francisco, CA.
Whoa- lots of changes in March--
Daylight Savings Time-- looming (3/10).
Welcome? Longer days? Nope. More light at the end of the day and darker mornings. Offset by a jolt and a jab.
Also-
At this latitude--
3/16 Equilux (equal day and night Sunrise and Sunset 7:30).
Calendar to find your most balanced day of light.
3/20 Equinox 21:58 (9:58 PM) GMT. Time converter for Equinox where you live.
See you on the flip side :)
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Friday, March 1, 2019
one more blink of the eye and the day is done!
March 1, 2019. Sunset 6:23 PM.
Casey Key, Florida.
Check this sunset pic from my old friend Larry...someplace in FL (I think)
Thank you Joe for this one-
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Saturday, February 23, 2019
More Light! Popcorn chicken
February 23, 2019. Sunset 5:56 PM.
San Francisco, CA.
The shortest month is bringing the most light to each day so far. As we plunge towards the Equinox on March 20th, our days (at this latitude) are expanding at a rate of almost 20 minutes per week. Notwithstanding the exaggerated impression of longer days that DST will bring, we will actually be living with almost an hour more sunshine on the Equinox!!
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Monday, February 18, 2019
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Our Trip around the sun
OK—this is a new insight that I am just realizing that you may also enjoy. It’s exciting to me because it’s something about huge planetary relationships that I can grasp on a human scale. It’s a combination of things we know with things we can imagine. See if this makes sense (or if it's even true).
How do we get from the shortest day of the year to the longest? It depends on where we live in relation to the poles and the equator.
Imagine tossing a ball into the air. When it reaches the top of its arc, you can imagine that it’s momentarily motionless. That’s like the Earth at the edges of the ellipse in its orbit. Those are the Solstices—that sense of suspension when the sunrise and sunset times flatten out for days or weeks at a time depending on your latitude—before opening up to earlier sunrises and later sunsets.
If you live at the Equator, you don’t need to toss the ball very far as your daylight doesn’t fluctuate so much throughout the year. Live at the poles where the sun doesn’t rise or set at the extreme arcs? You’d have to throw the ball so hard it would disappear for a moment.
Most of us are grateful for every little bit of increasing light we get these days. And right now – in the Northern Hemisphere, those of us further North have more darkness everyday than those of us living closer to the Equator- BUT!!! BIG CONSOLATION PRIZE. The Northern days are getting lighter much faster- by minutes per day (Iceland) instead of a few seconds per day (Malaysia).
This seemed like cheerful news and worth sharing.
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Sunday, January 13, 2019
Light Expanding from Both Ends of the Day!
January 13, 2019. Sunrise 7:25 AM.
San Francisco, CA.
Last of 13 days in a row of the latest sunrise time in the yearly cycle! Since 12/30 the sun has risen at 7:25 AM. Tomorrow begins its creep into earlier and earlier daylight- expanding the light part of the day from both ends. YAY!
We are at the end of that little straight line of purple dots.
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Monday, January 7, 2019
First of the New Year best hits from Joe
January 7, 2019. Sunrise 7:23 AM.
Philadelphia, PA.
Good morning PHL. (Going to Denver) -Joe P.
Yo sun watchers! Check my old friend Patti’s pic from her visit to Ft. Myers...Nice!
(No date)
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Tuesday, January 1, 2019
In With the New
January 1, 2019. Midnight and 7:20 AM Sunrise.
Williamsburg, NY.
She’s still waiting.
Happy New Year! Wishing a better year for all of us!
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Monday, December 31, 2018
Out with the Old
December 31, 2018. Sunset 4:38 PM.
New York City.
Out with the Old! All of it! Leaving the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY during the last sunset of the year.
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Sunday, December 23, 2018
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Not quite ready
December 19, 2018. Sunrise 8:00 AM.
Munich, Germany.
from Gabe Shalom Sunrise Munich Passing train station
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Friday, December 14, 2018
Riding the Light Wave
December 14, 2018. Sunset 4:50 PM.
Albany, CA.
Walking along the BART tracks in Albany, CA with my friend Rae as we celebrate the last day of the earliest sunsets of the year. All along this latitude, we are already expanding the light at the end of the day. Sadly, the sun will continue to rise later and later, (even after the Solstice) holding back the full expansion of the day. It will be well into the 1st and 2nd weeks of January before the sunrise begins to shine an earlier light on day. Then off we go!
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Sunset Mourning
December 12, 2018. Sunrise 7:08 AM.
Chicago, IL.
I am a bit mellow because my mom died this past Wednesday. I took this picture of the sunrise in Chicago suburbs the next day. I wanted to share it with you.
-Barb H.
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Saturday, December 8, 2018
Friday, November 30, 2018
Ghost Ship Vigil
November 30, 2018. Sunrise 7:04 AM.
Oakland, CA.
I joined Suki O’Kane at sunrise a few days before the 2nd anniversary of the horrible fire that killed 36 people in the Ghost Ship Warehouse on Dec 2, 2016. Photos of many of the victims, ornaments and votive candle holders dangle above the abundance of fresh flowers surrounding the base of the “tree”. Rain the night before had filled each of the small glass candle holders with tiny shots of water, which Suki gently emptied one by one into the waiting bouquets below. She has lovingly tended this memorial and witnessed each sunrise there during the month of November in anticipation of 2-year anniversary.
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Thursday, November 29, 2018
Friday, November 23, 2018
$$$$ green flare
November 23, 2018. Sunset 5:36 PM.
Black Friday sunset in Clearwater, FL.
The Green Flare! Could it be from $$$ Black Friday???
courtesy of Fowlgeeze.. – Joe P
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Preparing for the Sky to Fall
November 20, 2018. Sunset 4:55 PM.
Oakland, CA.
Rain forecast for the next day!!! We are grateful to be helping Krys and Chien with this project, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this horrible devastation and loss.
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Thursday, November 15, 2018
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Welcome back to Standard Time
November 3, 2018. Sunset 6:09 PM.
Oakland, CA.
Prelude to turning the clocks back and a few extra zzzz's...
Ringing while driving on our way to rehearsal for Wendy Reid’s Ambient Bird 4’33” (FYI poster attached for friends in the Bay Area who might like to attend)
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Monday, October 29, 2018
Stay with Standard time
NO on Proposition 7.
Just weighing in as someone who hates the disruption to the gentle ebb and flow of the continuous cycle of longer and shorter amounts of sunlight. Changing the clocks twice a year also prevents us from collectively experiencing a constant connection to this large planetary cycle - and by extension-- to one another.

So why NO? This proposition is for us to remain on Daylight Savings Time NOT Standard time. This means we will be out of sync with most of the world much of the time (many places do NOT change the clocks to Daylight Savings Time to begin with).
It also means that in another month, the sun will be rising at this latitude at 8:30 in the morning.
I believe a better option would be to remain on Standard Time all year (as does Arizona and Hawaii). All we would have to do would be to opt out of the change to Daylight Savings Time. The law is already set up for that.
I propose voting NO on 7 this time around and putting a Proposition on the next ballot to make Pacific Standard Time the permanent option for us.
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Thursday, October 4, 2018
Calm after the storm
October 4, 2018. Sunrise 7:12 AM.
Myrtle Beach, SC.
My father and Carol were originally scheduled to arrive right along with the Hurricane. Amazingly still now.
It's been 9 years today since my brother Bill died. I miss him.
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Saturday, September 22, 2018
Crossing the light line
September 22, 2018. Sunset 6:55 PM.
East River, NY.
Happy Equinox. Time to hunker down.
What an opportunity! The final ferry to leave Governor’s Island coincided with the Equinox sunset. Many thanks to Carol Parkinson and Harvestworks for sponsoring this evening’s celebration. It was soooooo lovely.
Thanks to all the bell ringers! And special thanks to everyone who distributed bells and invited passengers to participate: Lele Buonerba, Mary Buchen, Benjamin Buford, Penelope Coe, Georgina Lewis, Maria Mykolenko and Gabe Shalom. Let’s do it again next year!
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Monday, September 10, 2018
Fresh and Foggy
September 10, 2018. Sunrise 6:47 AM.
San Francisco
Not smoky! Just the plain old wet fog this morning. Thank you to Elisabeth Beaird for the lovely little bells I rang for yet another sunrise with no visible sun.
On my way into the (19th Annual) San Francisco Electronic Music Festival last night, Elisabeth handed me the paper bag along with my ticket. A sweet gift to start off a wonderful evening of music. Thank you SFEMF!!
My first time hearing OMMO, duo Adria Otte and Julie Moon. Check them out
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Monday, August 27, 2018
A very grey day
August 27, 2018. Sunrise 6:34 AM and Sunset 7:47 PM
San Francisco, CA.
Another smoky, foggy grey day. With an extra helping of loss and sadness saying goodbye to Erin Espeland, dear friend, fellow musician and amazing woman. In loving memory.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Joe's Winter Journey in July
For the curious- Here are the sunrises and sunsets that Joe shared mapped out along his travel route through South Africa
7/3/18 PM Western Cape, South Africa: sunset 5:39 PM from the Shosholoza Premier train enroute to Johannesburg from Cape Town
7/4/18 AM Northern Cape, South Africa: 7:27 AM sunrise from the Shosholoza Premier train enroute to Johannesburg from Cape Town
7/4/18 5:31 PM Sunset in Welverdiend South Africa
7/9/18 7:57 AM Sunrise at Gaarona Valley Lodge Heidelberg, SA
7/12/18 Sunrise 6:37 AM at Kruger National Park Mpumalanga, SA
7/12/18 Sunset 5:22PM. Kruger National Park Mpumalanga, SA (photo and phone info)
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018
duh! South Africa-- south of the equator
Even after so many posts from Joe in the past few days, it only just dawned on me because of the relatively early sunset times and late sunrises, that he is SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR!!! (2917 km = 1812 miles).
Winter.
And only 800 miles closer than Warren's Winter Solstice 6/21 post from Australia (4209 km = 2616 miles)
Happy Wintering down there!!
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Monday, July 9, 2018
Invitation to the senses
July 9, 2018. 7:57 AM
Sunrise at Gaarona Valley Lodge Heidelberg, South Africa
from Joe P. on his journey across South Africa. For some reason, the sounds and air and heat are almost there when I look at the photo-- amazing!
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Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Sunrise on a long train ride
July 4, 2018. 7:38 AM
Northern Cape, South Africa
Sunrise from the Shosholoza Premier train enroute to Johannesburg from Cape Town
— Joe P.
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Overnight train- first bookend
July 3, 2018. Sunset 5:39 PM
Western Cape, South Africa
sunset from the Shosholoza Premier train enroute to Johannesburg from Cape Town.
- Joe P.
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Monday, July 2, 2018
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Friday, June 22, 2018
The second longest day
June 22, 2018. Sunset 8:33 PM
Pescadero, CA.
The second longest day of sunlight, Liz and I ring it down along the coast. A rare and wonderful day. We had just sat through 1½ cycles of “Forest (for a thousand years)", a surround sound installation in the woods at UC Santa by Janet Cardiff and Bures. The sounds were so beautifully recorded and convincingly presented, we were transported.
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Thursday, June 21, 2018
Summer Solstice- over the top!!
June 21, 2018. Sunset 8:34 PM
Garden of Memory at the Chapel of the Chimes. Oakland, CA
The most exuberant dailybell Solstice sunset ringing at the annual Garden of Memory event- ever!
Now to work on the ending…
Many thanks everyone who contributed to this glorious moment: to the Cardew Choir for their incredible 4-hour performance of Pauline Oliveros’ inspirational Heart Chant. Their long tones have been echoed and magnified by an inspired audience throughout the space, adding a magnificent chorus to the bells. To the enthusiastic members of the public who brought, bells, keys and their voices. Special thanks to the dailybell team (Jenny Holland, Vangie King, Julie Moon, Adria Otte, Alan Phillips, Wendy Reid, Norman Tuck) for distributing cards and bells and information prior to the performance. Wonderful video footage from Miriam Jacobs. And finally, to Sarah Cahill who started the Garden of Memory so many years ago and the New Music Bay Area team for pulling off this entire magnificent event every summer Solstice.
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Winter Solstice Sunrise in June--
Hi Brenda!
While we were celebrating the longest day, my friend Warren Burt sent this as a reminder of what is to come...
Winter Solstice sunrise. Taken from V/Line commuter bus in Trentham,
Victoria, Australia at about 7:55 am on Thursday morning 21 June, 2018.
Frost on the meadows - minus 2 C (28.4 F), clear morning - first non-rainy
day in about 2 weeks.
Cheers,
Warren
Thank you dear Warren!
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Friday, June 15, 2018
A very happy Birthday
June 15, 2018. Sunset 8:31 PM
Pescadero, CA. Memorial Park.
Thank you fellow campers for a fabulous off the grid No Service relaxing birthday. What a relief!!! Here we are in the Redwoods just off the coast in Pescadero.
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Monday, May 28, 2018
Sunset at the end of this Memorial Holiday
May 28, 2018. Sunset 8:23 PM
San Francisco, CA.
Remembering with compassion those who have died in all the wars.
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Thursday, May 17, 2018
Ramadan sunrise
May 17, 2018. Sunrise 5:57 AM
San Francisco, CA.
So many birds this morning! Ramadan Mubarak.
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Sunday, May 13, 2018
22 years of Sunsets ...
May 13, 2018. Sunset 8:10 PM
San Francisco, CA.
Remembering my mom on Mother's day
-- It's been 22 years worth of sunsets since my mother passed away-- I dug around many boxes of photos to find one with all of us in it. Here's my young mother- with me (spaced out in the back), my sister and brother in 1965. I miss my mother and brother and am so grateful for my dear sister.
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Sunday, April 22, 2018
Moving into Spring with Joe's friends and cousins!
Thank you Joe. Sometimes, you are the only keeping the photos coming, and they are fabulous!
Please don't STOP!!
Here are April's offerings:
April 22, 2018. Sunset 7:20 PM
from cousin Arlene...Red Rock Canyon, NV...
April 7, 2018. Sunset 7:30 PM
Lakewood, CO.
From my cousin Roseanne in SC. Rise or set Rose? Very nice.
April 3, 2018. Sunrise 7:11 AM
Check Tom’s sunrise view in Indialantic, FL 😮
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Sunday, April 1, 2018
Easter Morning. April Fools Day.
April 1, 2018. Sunrise 6:39 AM.
Miami Beach, Florida.
Happy Easter and chag Pesach sameach everyone! Have a blessed day wherever you may be.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Winter Elsewheres
Joe has friends who’ve traveled to some lovely places at the end of March and captured some moments to carry us through the last grasp of winter. Many thanks!!!
March 26, 2018. Sunset 7:18 PM
Wow!! Thanks Nitin (sunset at Lookout Mountain. Golden, CO)
March 25, 2018. Sunrise 6:57 AM
My friend Razvan shared this sunrise at takeoff from PHL.
March 24, 2018. Sunset 6:44 PM
My friend West shares another spectacular shot of the sun... after a rainy day in Hawaii.
March 21, 2018. Sunset 6:43 PM
From my friend West ….aloha from Hawaii
- posted by Joe Pokrifka
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Saturday, March 17, 2018
Happy Equilux and Saint Patrick's Day!
March 17, 2018. Sunrise and Sunset 7:04 AM/PM
Brooklyn, NY/Jersey City, NJ
A balanced day with green beer.
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we are already tripping towards the light! Happy Spring <3
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Monday, March 5, 2018
The Tiniest Glimmer
March 5, 2018. Sunset 5:51 PM.
Brooklyn, NY.
There. Between the buildings.
Despite being 3.5º S and 2º W, the sun sets only a minute later in Brooklyn than it does in Jefferson. The 2-minute gain at the end of the day is a wonderfully insistent creeping towards the Equinox. Only 2 more weeks until Spring!
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Friday, March 2, 2018
Tiny flakes. Big blanket
March 2, 2018. Sunset 5:48 PM.
Jefferson, NY.
—Big snow
View from Nancy and Jackson’s kitchen- smoothing out the edges of cars, furniture, bushes and a watchful sculpture population.
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Saturday, February 24, 2018
End of February... How can this be?
February 23, 2018. 6:01 PM
Wrightsville BeAch sunset over the sound. North Carolina
Carolina view care of my friend Cliff.
- from Joe Pokrifka
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Caladesi Island winter paradise...
Caladesi Island, FL...courtesy of my friend Chelsea...
From 2/19/18 sunset ?--- 6:16 PM
-- from Joe Pokrifka
I'd like to go there... now...
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Thursday, February 1, 2018
a wild ride
February 1, 2018. Sunset 5:17 PM.
Lambertville, NJ.
A quiet moment (or an exhausted one). Three weeks after my father’s dog knocked him down and fractured his pelvis, Carol was hit by a snowplow (walking the same sweet puppy). Short story: Everyone is on the mend. Long story: Let your imagination run wild— now do it again—and again…
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Morning fire on the river
January 27, 2018. Sunrise 7:32 AM.
Beautiful Pittsburgh sunrise. Picture by cousin Barb

– Joe Pokrifka
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Saturday, January 27, 2018
Monday, January 1, 2018
First sunrise of 2018- creeping into the light
January 1, 2018. Sunrise 7:22 AM.
Lambertville, NJ.
The first one of the year. Not much different than the night before- only lighter and a few degrees warmer.
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Happy 2018!
Midnight. New Year’s Eve. December 31, 2017
Lambertville, NJ.
Outside the Senior citizen apartment complex on Main Street in Lambertville, NJ. I love listening to the year flip over – This is an especially gentle one.
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Sunday, December 31, 2017
December 2017 Solstices and Equinoxes
Taking part of the project Dailybell by Brenda Hutchinson, CoroDelantal and Coro Fulbright of Madrid gather to ring our bells celebrating solstices and equinoxes during the 3 minutes that the sunset lasts at Debod’s Temple in Madrid.
- Sonia MegÃas
See and Hear HERE
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the final sunset of the year
December 31, 2017. Sunset 4:42 PM.
Flemington, NJ.
The empty halls and beds are not as bleak as they may seem at first glance. Everyone that could move was at a little party at the end of the hall, including my father, who was the only guy in the room. Festive and sweet.
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Thursday, December 21, 2017
Observing this Winter Solstice
December 21, 2017. Sunrise 7:16 AM.
Brooklyn, NY.
Cold blast first thing in the morning on the darkest day of the year. Tomorrow will be less dark for all of us in the Northern Hemisphere (at least as far as the sun is concerned). Blessings and hope to all as our days ahead expand into the light in every possible way.
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Monday, December 18, 2017
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Friday, December 1, 2017
slow fade
December 1, 2017. Sunset 4:51 PM.
San Francisco, CA.
Catching the last light of December’s first sunset with my friend Thea. Only 3 minutes earlier than a week ago, the rate of shrinking days is slowing down.
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Thursday, November 23, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving
November 23, 2017. Sunset 4:53 PM. (ooo so early).
Albany, CA.
Counting my blessings as I think of everyone here today and remembering those who are not. Love and deep appreciation to you all.
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Merrily we roll along...
November 23, 2017. 4:43 PM
From my friend Merri...sunset somewhere between Philadelphia and Elizabethtown
-- from Joe
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Sunrise Sunset on All Saints
November 1, 2017.
Both posts from Joe P-- Thanks Joe!
Sunrise 7:29 AM in Philadelphia...from my friend Tom...
Sunset 5:59 PM DEN, and rush hour traffic
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Happy Halloween you amazing beasts
October 31, 2017. Sunset 6:12 PM.
Oakland, CA.
Getting ready at the zoo!
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