Thursday, January 3, 2013

Baby it's cold outside in the north! So we are having the Summer Sunrise and Sunsets on the Equator hunt to warm things up a bit.

The hunt started on Friday
February 15, 2013
Hunters please come and join us for a mojito and warm breezes, under a palm tree, at the Equator!

Things are going well!

We have just one week left

You are missing out on the fun!

We were featured on Designing Worlds Happy Hunting Episode #26.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYzGIe6Bw5A

Feb 15 through March 15 2013


I just noticed that another blogger has listed us on her blog page. Thank you Resa!
Resas Freebie Corner

The hunt is now listed on Hunt SL

It is summer in Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador and other areas in South America. February and March are also the hottest months in Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, The Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Indonesia is a tropical temperature area year round.

Your item in the hunt has to have something to do with life on the equator.

Places on the Equator experience the quickest rates of sunrise and sunset in the world. br> They are also the only places in the world where the sun can go directly from the zenith to the nadir and from the nadir to the zenith.
Such places also have a theoretical constant 12 hours of day and night throughout the year, though in practice, there are variations of a few minutes due to the effects of atmospheric refraction and because sunrise and sunset are measured from the time that the edge of the Sun's disk is on the horizon, rather than the center of the disk.
The Earth bulges slightly at the Equator. It has an average diameter of 12,750 kilometres (7,922 mi), but at the Equator the diameter is approximately 43 kilometres (27 mi) greater than the polar diameter.

The equator passes through 13 countries: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati.

Northern Brazil temperature 25C or 77F Humid Equatorial (Convergence of the Trade winds) Tropical (dry Winter and humid Summer)

Country's and locations where the Equater is very close.
Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Guinea São Tomé and Príncipe Ilhéu das Rolas
Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Guinea Gabon
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo Passing 9 km south of central Butembo
Uganda Passing 32 km south of central Kampala
Lake Victoria Passing through some islands of Uganda
Kenya Passing 6 km north of central Kisumu
Somalia
Indian Ocean Passing between Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah of the Maldives
Indonesia The Batu Islands, Sumatra and the Lingga Islands
Karimata Strait
Indonesia Borneo Makassar Strait
Indonesia Sulawesi (Celebes) Gulf of Tomini Molucca Sea
Indonesia Kayoa and Halmahera islands Halmahera Sea
Indonesia Gebe Island
Pacific Ocean Passing 570 m north of Waigeo island, Indonesia
Passing 13 km south of Aranuka atoll, Kiribati
Passing 21 km south of Baker Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Ecuador Isabela Island in the Galápagos Islands
Pacific Ocean Ecuador Passing 24 km north of central Quito, near Mitad del Mundo
Colombia Passing 4.3 km north of the border with Peru
Brazil Amazonas
- Roraima
- Amazonas
- Pará
- Amapá
- Pará - islands in the mouth of the Amazon River
- Atlantic Ocean

For Brasilia (Brazil)
March Equinox (Autumnal Equinox) is on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 8:02 AM in Brasilia.
For Macapá
March Equinox (Vernal Equinox) is on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 8:02 AM in Macapá.

Applications for the hunt can be found by clicking the applications tab above.