Seattle / Sun / Sunglasses
March 24, 2005 @ 06:28 AMDid you know that Seattle buys more sunglasses than any other city in America? Or so I’ve heard. But the truth is that the sun here in Seattle is brutal, in a slightly different way than most cities.
See, us Seattle-ites only actually SEE the sun for about 45 minutes each day. Sunset. That’s the only time that the sun is low enough to not get blocked by Seattle’s protective shielding (clouds), yet is still visible above the horizon. I will rely on my artistic abilities to demostrate what I mean:
“So?” you ask? Every city deals with sunsets, right? True, except that Seattle’s protective shielding also acts as a resource sustainment system (it RAINS) all day long. So now you have water coating the city, and a sun peaking below the clouds. And with that, you get this:
