Sunrise, sunset

We have been watching the rising and setting sun here - how does it compare to what we get in PG? We seem to get much longer sunrises and sunsets. The sun doesn't rise until quite late and sets early, but there is a longer time when the sun is not up when it is light. For example, in the pictures here:

Sunrise on the way to Karlstad Dec 19 at 8:25 am.



This picture shows the sun setting behind our little creek at 1:42 pm on Dec 21/06. It was still light for another hour and a half.

The last picture shows the sun still on the mountain just to the east of us at 2:45 on Dec. 23/06.

By the way, I HATE working with pictures in this program - my published post doesn't look like my draft and I can't move the pictures around or the text for that matter. Does any one have any suggestions short of finding a new blog site?