The Last Tape Measure, Solar Quiz, Zodiac Signs, and Solstice Study

The chapter covers various topics such as the potential demise of the last tape measure, a quiz on the European Space Agency's Solar instrument, insights on zodiac signs Capricorn and Cancer, and a study on the tapetum lucidum in Arctic reindeer eyes during the winter and summer solstices.

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The question plaguing us this episode is, how dark can it really get? Turns out (according to some), not that dark! Unless you're at the bottom of the ocean or floating in the all too-eerie void of deep space, you're always gonna have some photons hitting your face. (I'm pretty sure I accidentally stole this rhyme right out of Hank's poem, but you'll just have to listen to know for sure...)

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[The Gauntlet]

Next December 23rd winter solstice

SOLAR spacecraft went down

Reorientation of sun instrument

23.5°S latitude alternate name

Tapetum lucidum color

Hormone in darkness

Famous winter solstice sunlight site

[Trivia Question]