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Earth Lurch
July 28, 2004

7/26 Recording: 1:33 Chart: 1:15 Sun: 63*
7/27 Recording: 1:33 Chart: 1:15 Sun: 63*

Check out the changes from yesterday, July 27. Times and altitudes are flipping all over the place.

7/28 Recording: 1:34 Chart: 1:15 Sun: 66*
7/29 Recording: 1:32 Chart: 1:15 Sun: 61*

Note: the Sun Altitude at high noon, per official Navy charts, should not lurch North (after the Solstice) by several degrees, then sudden South by several degrees. This lurch occurred on July 28, a sweep day.