Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Honolulu. 1  Sunrise: 06:09AM. 2  Sunset: 06:52PM. 3  Day length: 12h 43m.  Solar noon: 12: 1 31PM. The current local time in Honolulu is 31 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
The glaciers of the Andes Mountains have retreated at an unprecedented rate in the past three decades, with more ice lost than at any other time in the last 400 years.
Andes Mountains. The Andes Mountain belt stretches along the entire west coast of the continent of South America. Active volcanoes are common throughout the mountain belt, and earthquakes frequently shake the rugged western coast of the continent. Some sections of the Andes show spectacularly folded rock layers.