I'm way behind on my blogging due to my night class. But it ends in two weeks...so there's going to be some doubled up days coming your way. :) I will get all 365 posts for the year! Anyhoo, today I learned about an Austrian town that gets no/very little sunlight
during the winter months because of the surrounding mountains. This town, Rattenberg,
Austria, was settled in the 1300s when being secure was more important that
sunlight year round.
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| Rattenberg, Austria |
The cool thing that I learned today is that the town has
placed large mirrors on the surrounding mountains to direct sunrays into “hot spots”
in their town so the residents can have sunlight.
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| Sunlight Mirrors in Rattenberg, Austria |
As I mentioned before in my vitamin d post, sunlight is
important for humans. We need sunlight to make vitamin D. Sunlight also puts us
in a better mood due to the release of a neurochemical called serotonin. Sunlight helps us get our daily dose of vitamin D and serotonin. :)
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| Serotonin Tank FittdBrandClothing by on Etsy, $24 |
Most humans today do not get enough sunlight. Our ancestors spent many
hours a day outside while we spent most of our lives inside. So kudos to
Rattenberg for directing sunlight into their town!
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