Lahaina Noon 2011 Meet and Greet Event Cache
erik88l-r: I trust a good time was had by all, and all have had ample opportunity to log their attendance.
Lahaina Noon 2011 Meet and Greet
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
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Let's do lunch! This is a meet and greet during lunch. The event starts at 11:30 am, but the main event will occur at 12:37pm.
Bring your lunch and any trackables you may want to move along. If you are visiting, grab some take out and come meet some local cachers. This is very close to our State Capitol, The Mission Houses and the 'Iolani Palace, so there is plenty of sightseeing to do after the event.
This year it's on a SATURDAY so parking should be very easy and more people will be able to attend!
Make sure you sign the log book.
Lahaina Noon is a phenomenon where the sun is exactly overhead at high noon. Since it occurs only in the tropics, Hawaii is the only state in the United States to experience the Lahaina Noon.The rest of the nation recognizes the summer solstice as the event when the sun's rays are closest to being direct in the northern hemisphere.
Hawaii and other locations south of the Tropic of Cancer receive the sun's direct rays as the apparent path of the sun passes
overhead before the solstice and retreats to the south afterwards.
At the exact time of Lahaina Noon, which can occur anywhere from 12:17 to 12:43 p.m., objects that stand straight up (like flagpoles, telephone poles, etc.) will not cast a shadow. The most southerly points in Hawaii experience Lahaina Noon on earlier and later dates than the northern parts. Chosen in a contest sponsored by the Bishop Museum several years ago, Lahaina Noon was the selected appellation because it means "cruel sun,"which is what the sun feels like when it is directly overhead.
Why are we meeting at this precise spot? That is something you'll have to see for yourself. I don't want to spoil the surprise. (If you came last year, ssshhh, don't spoil the surprise)
Parking is available in a public metered lot nearby at 21 18.284
157 51.341, or you might get lucky and find street parking near the Iolani Palace. Also very close to major bus stop.
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