EarthSky News - Dec 21 - Happy Solstice!

December 21 Happy Solstice! by:

Winter solstice at Stonehenge Stonehenge is carefully aligned on a sight-line that points to the winter solstice sunset, but, this year as in most recent years, the revelry began before sunrise. Happy solstice, y'all Solstice arrives on December 21 at 10:44 UTC. High summer for the Southern Hemisphere. For the Northern Hemisphere, the return of more sunlight! Submit your personal solstice story and photo Submit to EarthSky here, and we'll post as many as we can to social media today ... plus post a galaxy. Watching solstices from space A satellite view of how sunlight falls on Earth's surface during the solstices and equinoxes. Longest days for Earth at this solstice In December, a day - a whole cycle of day and night - is about one-half minute longer than the average 24 hours. That's true for the entire globe. Where noon happens once a year At Earth's South Pole, high noon comes only once a year, on the December solstice. Meanwhile, the North Pole is getting its only midnight.

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Today's image: Solstice alignment, New York City Ben Orlove in New York wrote, "On mornings close to winter solstice ... the shadow of a chimney across the street from my building falls directly on the peak of the adjacent roof and lands on the wall next to it. Our own Stonehenge!" Submit your solstice story and photo to EarthSky.

Stonehenge solstice For some, it's an annual ritual they wouldn't miss. Submit your solstice story and photo to EarthSky. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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