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Old 30-August-2006, 06:39 PM
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Heck, where I live, on June 21st of every year, dusk ends around 11:00pm, and false-dawn starts at 4am, and I'm not even at an especially high latitude.

Does make for some really nice outdoor evenings in June, but makes for lousy astronomical viewing.
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