By Brett Fisher
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Sunset over Mount Scott-McClellan Peak northeast of Carson City. -
Sunset over Mount Scott-McClellan Peak northeast of Carson City. -
Sunset over the Pinenut Range in East Carson City. -
Sunset over the Pinenut Range in East Carson City. -
Late afternoon sun reflects off the silver dome of the Nevada Capitol Sunday. -
The sun sets behind the Carson Range Sunday afternoon.
The sun dipped behind the Carson Range a little before 5:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, its rays dancing across the high desert landscape of the Nevada state capital and setting its topography aglow.
By this time next Sunday, the sun won’t set until about 7 p.m., marking the official start of daylight savings time in 2018. From there, days will gradually get longer until the summer solstice on June 21.
Residents should remember to set their clocks ahead one hour Saturday night, March 10 for the time change.
Daylight was already beginning to stick around longer following the winter solstice on Dec. 21, 2017.
Spring arrives officially in just two weeks on March 20. But, as Northern Nevadans know all too well, Old Man Winter makes his own exit in his own time.
The lion of March has already roared. He may have another in him before it’s all said and done.
