The sun is going to stay shining all night tonight!

drunkmonkey

My 87yr old Uncle was telling me this a couple of hours ago, Don't know where he's after seeing or hearing it or is it wise old age?

He reckons the sun is staying up all night tonight, anyone else hear this or has it ever happened here?

DOCARCH

All I can say on that subject is that your username is quite apt!

fits

Tis. At about 68 degrees north.

drunkmonkey

haven't been drinking and the guys not a joker, don't know where he came out with it from....

Balmed Out

I heard it was shining all last nigHt too !! OMG

Sam Kade

The sun is always shinning, earth orbits around it.

drunkmonkey

He said you won't get to sleep as it's going to stay bright tonight...

CastingCouch

drunkmonkey wrote: »

He said you won't get to sleep as it's going to stay bright tonight...

His lights are on alright..

Mightn't be anyone home.

TheoBane

Feels like i found one of those yahoo meme's

maquiladora

adamski8

only if you keep staring at it OP

snowstorm445

drunkmonkey wrote: »

My 87yr old Uncle was telling me this a couple of hours ago, Don't know where he's after seeing or hearing it or is it wise old age?

He reckons the sun is staying up all night tonight, anyone else hear this or has it ever happened here?

No, hence why its called night (the Sun isn't overhead), as opposed to day. For somewhere like Ireland to experience sunshine for 24 hours it would need to move more than 10 degrees further north latitudinally.

I think your title is misleading. Just because, as a star, the Sun sets below the horizon doesn't mean it stops shining. Its not as if it just shuts down or turns off just because the part of the Earth where Ireland is happens to be turned away from it.

dexter647

In fairness op your uncle sounds like right crack:D...My late grandad always came out with one liners like that:)

delw

Maybe he meant the moon OP

km79

It's still bright .....

seven_eleven

Ah here. A bit of common sense could figure this out.

Pat Mustard

seven_eleven wrote: »

Ah here. A bit of common sense could figure this out.

I agree, let's stay up all night and prove the OP's crazy uncle wrong!

Oh wait, maybe not...

eastmayo

Tiss gone dark....sun must be gone behind big black cloud.

vicwatson

Jeez thought I'd stumbled into AH there for a moment

sunbeam

It technically doesn't get any darker than astronomical twilight here (54N) until the end of the month, though that is barely discernible now unlike a month ago.

M.T. Cranium

Hey, he was right, the sun is shining brightly here right now.

Oh yeah I forgot, don't live there. Just seems like it when the weather gets similar.

boatbuilder

This reminds me of an old neighbour we had who once very genuinely and seriously asked
"Sure isn't the moon just what the sun looks like at night time? "

Storm 10

Darn this all night Sun I was in Salthill last night and have severe sunburn, will the op come back now and get his relative to tell us what happened

Speak Now

I think it's too cold to snow

Geomy

Here is Quilty Co Clare at 11. 30 Monday nights

Geomy

Sorry I meant to say last Monday night.

Hal1

It's just nlc's. Ice crystals in the atmosphere reflecting sun light. Although none tonight: http://www.spaceweather.com/DAISY_PICS/current_daisy.png?PHPSESSID=dqtn9v0jmk6scrti9dms5v3051