[78-L] Sunrise ^

[Jeff Lichtman]

>A quick look at the Astronomical Almanac shows that you have to be a
>bit more than 40° from the equator (north or south) to have the sun
>rising before 4.30 am. . .
>
>Per Ahlin (in Stockholm at 60°N)

40 degrees north is just north of Carson City, 
Nevada, just south of Salt Lake City and just a 
bit north of Denver. The Kansas-Nebraska border 
follows the 40th parallel. That's just the west. 
I don't know where the episode of "Rawhide" was 
set, but there are places in the cattle country 
of the time that would have had daylight at 4:30 AM at some times of the year.


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