the shortest day in the history of Earth
Today, June 28, 2022 will be one
of the shortest days
in the history of Earth–
not in how we percieve it,
rather, in how it is measured
An Earth day equals one complete
rotation of the planet
In 2020, the record for the shortest
day was broken 28 times and
2022 will see even more
new records
True, the differences are measured
in milliseconds, but they are
very real, and, because of relativity,
one millisecond experienced
from the Andromeda Galaxy
is, for them,
a very long time, for us
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right down my alley – I enjoy learning a little something when reading poetry, too
Thank you, Steve.