European Tribune - Lo The Darkness

For a moment the other day I thought something was wrong--surely the sun couldn't be setting due south?  I was staring at the sea, through a window, there was the sun on the horizon, it seemed due south, but turns out the building was tilted south east just far enough to create the illusion...

Think about it: the shorter the day the closer the sunrise and sunset points are to being due south. In the limit, say, near the Winter solstice, from a point near the polar circle, the sun barely rises and sets in the South, minutes apart.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo