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Happy Summer Solstice - The longest day of the year
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| simms327 |
| quote: | Explanation: Today the Sun reaches its northernmost point in the planet Earth's sky. Called a solstice, the date traditionally marks a change of seasons -- from spring to summer in Earth's Northern Hemisphere and from fall to winter in Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Pictured above is the 2005 Summer Solstice celebration at Stonehenge in England. The event was rare because Stonehenge was not always open to the public, and because recent summer solstices there had been annoyingly cloudy. In 2005, however, thousands of people gathered at sunrise to see the sun rise through the 4,000 year old solar monument. Due to the precession of the Earth's orbital axis over the millennia, the Sun no longer rises over Stonehenge in an astronomically significant way, although the photographer was able to find a good spot where the rising Sun appeared over one of Stonehenge's massive standing stones.
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| kabelicious |
Yes, my happy little Pagan folk are celebrating in the rain today and tonight out in the woods. :)
The longest day of the year - I intend to use it well. |
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| The Highroller |
| It's ironic how today is the longest day of the year, when today, I have one of the longest days ever :p (Work for 12hrs, then go to Fez). |
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| Killah Monkey |
| I am going to have a nap and then go to sleep early tonight :D |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| Today's also the shortest night. :( |
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| dallastar |
| happy happy day! |
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| Jer. |
| ..Ha, and doesn't it just feel like a long day. |
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| VERTiG0 |
Solstice indeed.
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| Jem_hadar |
| Came in at 8:26am here in Collingwood |
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| KaiLee |
| First day of summer was gorgeous here! Not a cloud in the sky :D |
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| Fir3start3r |
DAmnit!!
I wanted to do the egg thing too!!! :sadgreen:
Now I have to wait again....*sigh* |
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