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the half of existence when the universe lets you pretend it's not infinite and terrifying.
means The part of the day between sunrise and sunset, when there's natural light.
from A plain English compound, exactly what it looks like: 'day' joined to 'time.' 'Day' descends from Old English 'dæg' (the period of light, and a cousin of German 'Tag'), while 'time' comes from Old English 'tīma,' an old word for a stretch or season of duration. Stick the two together and you get the lit-up portion of the clock — a transparent coinage with no mystery, the linguistic equivalent of stating the obvious in broad daylight.
- sun's lie
- sunlight you see left the sun 8 minutes ago
- sky color
- blue because air scatters short wavelengths most
- shrinking days
- Earth's spin slows, days lengthen over eons
- polar twist
- poles get months of unbroken daytime each year
- blue dawn
- Mars sunsets glow blue, not orange