{"id":9301,"date":"2011-09-22T17:20:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T22:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=9301"},"modified":"2021-12-31T06:33:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T11:33:23","slug":"12mc-real-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/12mc-real-world\/","title":{"rendered":"12MC in the Real World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What do I mean by Twelve Mile Circle in the Real World? I don\u2019t mean the actual circle itself<\/a> which would be entirely too logical, rather I mean those rare moments in time when people read an article here and use that as motivation to undertake a physical action. And by physical I don\u2019t mean mumbling at the screen in disbelief when I say something stupid, which is probably the most common reaction, I mean getting away from the screen and actually doing something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m referring specifically to situations when someone learns a new fact from the website and then visits the referenced geo-oddity. The text emanating from 12MC jumps from Internet to brain, and someone I\u2019ve never met takes that newfound knowledge to do something fun and interesting. It\u2019s a great feeling and I love hearing about it when it happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the West Coast Where the Sun Rises Over Water<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I created this in Google Earth when I thought it was possible in Port Angeles, Washington. That later proved wrong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We, the readers of 12MC and myself, had a good time in 2008 trying to determine places on the east coast where the sun sets completely over water, and conversely places on the west coast where the sun rises over water<\/a>. Frankly, I hadn’t done much with that topic after the initial conversation, and then Mathew Hargreaves picked it up and ran with it. You’ll see from his comments<\/a> that he made it his mission to prove it was possible to experience a sunrise completely over water on the west coast of the United States, on the Olympic Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He examined locations on the ground and returned repeatedly, hampered by the Pacific Northwest’s notoriously fickle weather. The magic spot turned out to be Sekiu on the west side of Clallam Bay<\/a> on the beach by the jetty. He finally captured photographic proof<\/a> on the morning of September 21, 2011. He estimates that the phenomenon exists for only a few days each September and March, and only when the clouds and fog dissipate. I can’t imagine that more than a handful of people have ever observed this occurrence and fewer still recognized its significance. Mathew’s experience may be unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cricket<\/h2>\n\n\n\n