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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/113327139207293026">rixx (rixx@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 17:09:31 JST</a><a href="https://chaos.social/@rixx" title="rixx@chaos.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/13542-48-20240822085152.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="rixx" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">rixx</a></section><article><p>Late to the party, but another consequence of the whole IO territory thing:</p><p>“On Friday 21st March 2025 at 02:50 UTC the sun will finally set on the British "Empire"”: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/comments/1fv9ti6/on_friday_21st_march_2025_at_0250_utc_the_sun/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/comments/1fv9ti6/on_friday_21st_march_2025_at_0250_utc_the_sun/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3845036#notice-7518034">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-10-18T17:09:31+09:00" title="Friday, 18-Oct-2024 17:09:31 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://chaos.social/@rixx/113327139207293026" rel="external" title="Sent from chaos.social via ActivityPub">chaos.social</a></span></span><a href="https://chaos.social/@rixx/113327139207293026">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3322119">Screenshot of the linked reddit post. Shows a big world map with a light/dark overlay showing the dark part covering most of the Americas, and all of Africa/Europe. Text post below reads:It was announced today that the UK will transfer sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius. Assuming this happens before March, this means when the sun sets on the Pitcairn Islands (18:50 Local time: UTC-8, 02:50 London time: UTC), the sun will have set on all British territory for the first time in over 200 years.This the sunlight at that time is shown on the map above, when the sun is set on Pitcairn, there's still around an hour until it rises in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, meanwhile as it's just after the spring equinox, the sun will have set over the south pole beginning it's 6 month long night, and therefore setting on British Antarctic Territory.</a></label><br><a href="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/113/327/134/320/463/100/original/24b081d89084c02f.png" rel="external">https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/113/327/134/320/463/100/original/24b081d89084c02f.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3322120">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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rixx (rixx@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 17:09:31 JST rixx
Late to the party, but another consequence of the whole IO territory thing:
“On Friday 21st March 2025 at 02:50 UTC the sun will finally set on the British "Empire"”: https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/comments/1fv9ti6/on_friday_21st_march_2025_at_0250_utc_the_sun/
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1. Screenshot of the linked reddit post. Shows a big world map with a light/dark overlay showing the dark part covering most of the Americas, and all of Africa/Europe. Text post below reads: It was announced today that the UK will transfer sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius. Assuming this happens before March, this means when the sun sets on the Pitcairn Islands (18:50 Local time: UTC-8, 02:50 London time: UTC), the sun will have set on all British territory for the first time in over 200 years. This the sunlight at that time is shown on the map above, when the sun is set on Pitcairn, there's still around an hour until it rises in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, meanwhile as it's just after the spring equinox, the sun will have set over the south pole beginning it's 6 month long night, and therefore setting on British Antarctic Territory.
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