Altered day-night cycle: the Antarctic winter involves a period of over three months of complete darkness where the sun does not rise above the horizon.
And, of course, there were the girls dressed in honour of St Lucia, who is the patron saint of light and vision and is thus much celebrated in a place where the winter sun barely rises above the horizon.
"They can appear anywhere in the sky, but almost all will appear to come from above the eastern horizon, where Leo will be at that time, " said Mr Moseley.
The 20th was the day of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig above the well that killed 11 workers and caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
The sky was still pure blue above, and then at the horizon tinted some other color, a rosy yellow that went away when you looked at it.
The bank's forecasts imply that so deep a cut would be excessive, since it would leave inflation above the 2.0% target at the two-year horizon on which the rate-setters fix their gaze.
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With elections on the horizon and with unemployment above 9 percent, both parties have retreated to opposite corners, almost ensuring gridlock for the immediate future.
As the sun sinks below the horizon, the wind freshens slightly and bells on the golden umbrellas above the pagodas begin to tinkle.
When the plumb line exactly intersected both stars, one about 10 degrees above the invisible pole and the other 10 degrees below it, the sight line to the horizon would aim directly north.
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