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Tell HN: Happy Solstice
- ojbyrne 17y agoIt's nice to realize that there's more daylight ahead.
- rms 17y agoIt feels like something real to celebrate; also that the Solstice is the true root of the Western "holiday season."
- lucifer 17y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalda http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalda
- timdorr 17y agoActually, it's kind of ironic (at least for us in the Northern Hemisphere) to say Happy Solstice, since general depression can be linked to the lack of sunlight in the winter months.
- diego 17y agoSummer Solstice for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere :)
- rms 17y agoSorry about the Northern-hemispherism, I edited the title. ;)
- lutorm 17y agoI don't know about the solstices, but the vernal equinox is a definition (it's a location on the sky) that has nothing to do with the season of the location you happen to be in. Sorry about the discrimination, you southerners should have invented astronomy and then you could have made the definitions! ;-)
- jamesjyu 17y agoAnd it's my birthday! Shortest day of the year :)
- natrius 17y agoDon't forget the reason for the season. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic
- ajaimk 17y agoBut its my birthday!
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoWeird observation: Even though the days are getting longer, sunrise is actually still getting later for a few days. It's just that sunset is getting later faster. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunrise.html http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunrise.html I think the instant of the Solstice this year is 17:47 UTC In Los Angeles: 09:47 In New York: 12:47 In Melbourne: 04:47 on the 22nd
- lutorm 17y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma Edit: I've always wanted to take a picture of it, but I've never had a spare camera I can bolt down for a year...
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoUseful image of the sun and sunshine on the Earth: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunearth.html http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunearth.html
- noss 17y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midvinterblot_%28disambiguation%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midvinterblot_%28disambiguation...
- middus 17y agoWhat's awesome is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newgrange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newgrange Built between 3100 and 2900 BC: at the winter solstice the chamber inside is illuminated by the sun.
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoHappy Saturnalia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia
- dugmartin 17y agoOnce again the light has won the battle against the dark.