Originally Posted by
Medic Zero
Isn't this pretty variable depending on where you are in the world? Sailors always talk about the sun disappearing quickly in the Pacific...
I think the closer you are to the equator, the shorter the sunsets. Of course, at the poles, the sun doesn't seem to set in their respective summers. We live in Hobart at about 42 degrees south, and our summer sunsets (and consequently) days are quite long compared with, say, Far North Queensland.