The diminishing light.

"Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage, against the dying of the light."

Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953

Whilst possibly a little dramatic for our context, I still love the sentiment of Dylan Thomas's poem  Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night published in 1951. We are implored to live life to the fullest, and push back against anything that draws us towards surrender. 

Here the daylight is leaving us so quickly, The soft golden sunrises and striking orange sunsets, are becoming all the more pronounced, as the altitude of the sun diminishes.  The arc that it tracks across the sky to the north, casts long shadows, and treats us to beautiful displays as its rays shine out from below low cloud over the sea, dotted with ice bergs.

I am reminded to soak up every day down here, to appreciate this waning light, and the beauty that it illuminates. Each day now shall be darker than that before it, and the daylight upon our icy world will slip away.

We are currently losing  around 7 minutes of light a day. Almost 50 minutes per week. At its highest point the altitude of the sun is a modest 15 degrees, and is dropping 0.4 degrees per day  (2.8 degrees per week).

Check out this great website to follow our journey into twilight here at 66 degrees south.

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/antarctica/casey

Casey Sun and Moon

You can  manipulate the tools online to  check out the suns altitude and heading at any time of the day.

Reference: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/antarctica/casey. Accessed 13-04-2017 at 1625 hrs

Reference: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/antarctica/casey. Accessed 13-04-2017 at 1625 hrs

Reference: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/antarctica/casey. Accessed 13-04-2017 at 1625 hrs