reply to post by battlestargalactica
BSG: I looked at the US observatory information: this covers anywhere, anytime.
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Look at altitude azimuth of sun and moon. Svalbard is 78 25 N and 15 47 E.
If we have a slope of 8 degrees down for the vault passage (the closest I can get from the plan) the midnight sun can shine through the door and down
into the vault on two days. One is 17th May - Norwegian national day. Neat.
There were hundreds of press reports on the Seed Vault and no mention of this.


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