Moon over Aijalon

Joshua 10:12-13 - On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel:

"O sun, stand still over Gibeon,
O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon."
So the sun stood still,
and the moon stopped,
till the nation avenged itself on its enemies,

as it is written in the Book of Jashar.

This is one of two events (the other involving Hezekiah) recorded in the Bible where the Earth doesn't behave the way it normally does. In this case, the Earth apparently stopped rotating on its axis, and the moon stopped revolving around the Earth.

Supposedly someone had done some research on this and had proven it scientifically, but recently this was found to be a hoax. As far as I know, no purely scientific explanation has been given.

It's interesting to note that this incident was recorded in at least two books: Joshua and Jashar. I don't think we have any copies of the Book of Jashar however. I wonder how many other people wrote about this day.

I wonder what people in other parts of the world thought about this time -- especially where it was nighttime for about an extra "day." I wonder if the "full day" means 12 hours or 24 hours.

"Honey, wake up."

"Mmm...."

"Minglok, get up!"

"Wha...? What's'matter?"

"Look at the timer. It's morning."

"Huh? Can't be. Still dark."

"I know, but the timer says it's the middle of the morning, and you're late for work."

"That old timer must be broken. Go back to sleep."

A knock at the door.

"Minglok, you in there?"

"Yeah, but what do you want in the middle of the night? Can't it wait till morning?"

"That's just it -- everyone's saying it is morning!"

I wonder how everyone that had a schedule handled the rescheduling.

I wonder if only the Earth and the moon were affected or if everything stood still for a day. I wonder if this can be explained naturally/scientifically or if God went outside the laws of nature to do this.