Tag: sunrise
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Another Sea Day Discovery
#flatstanley #flathal #phytoplankton A striking sunrise started off a pleasant, if somewhat bouncy day at sea. It was drizzling rain just 20 minutes before this picture, offering clouds for the sun’s rays to illuminate. Later in the day the Flat Friends noticed this portion of the ocean between Brazil and Uruguay has areas with a…
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The Night It Was Never Pitch Black Dark — Above The Arctic Circle, In the land of the midnight sun
#flathal #flatstanley The flat fellas once again stayed up as late as they could, wanting to see what the sun would do now that we had crossed above the arctic circle. They took some short naps… but time and again we were drawn to the light continuing to shine through our curtains. How could we…
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Flat Hal and Flat Stanley Visit Republic of The Gambia
#flathal #flatstanley #africa #thegambia This beautiful sunrise owes some thanks to particles in the air. At first glance it seemed like it was a hazy day, and something that appeared to be smoke occasionally came in on the wind. Later we heard dust from the Sahara was definitely in the air. There were times it…
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Samoa and American Samoa are on different sides on the International Date Line.
Samoa is on the same side as Australia and New Zealand. America Samoa is on the ‘other side’ with Hawaii and the rest of the United States. Have you traveled somewhere and changed your clocks because you crossed in to another time zone? Imagine, instead of moving the time just one hour or two,…