Today we'll have summer solstice , one extreme point in Earth's seasonality. The result of Earth having a tilted axis. On June 21 (or around) is the time when the Sun is at its highest or most northerly point in the sky and when we receive the most hours of daylight. Above image: Diagram of the Earth 's seasons as seen from the north. Far left: summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere. Front right: summer solstice for the Southern Hemisphere. Credit wikimedia The summer solstice occurs when the tilt of a planet's semi-axis, in either the northern or the southern hemisphere, is most inclined toward the star (sun) that it orbits. Earth's maximum axial tilt toward the sun is 23° 26'. This happens twice each year, at which times the sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or the south pole. The summer solstice occurs during a hemisphere's summer. This is northern solstice in the northern hemisphere and the southern solstice in the southern hemisphere. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the summer solstice occurs some time between December 20 and December 23 each year in the southern hemisphere and between June 20 and June 22 in the northern hemisphere. source wikipedia

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Q: Seasons and Rings of Saturn

On Earth, June 21 marks a solstice , the time when the Earth's spin axis tilts directly toward the Sun. On Saturn , the rings tell you the season. Image credit Damian Peach / SEN On June 21 is the Summer Solstice, on Earth's northern hemisphere, the day of maximum daylight. Since Saturn's grand rings orbit along the planet's equator, these rings appear most prominent, from the direction of the Sun, when the Saturn's spin axis points toward the Sun. Conversely, when Saturn's spin axis points to the side, an equinox occurs and the edge-on rings are hard to see. In the featured montage, images of Saturn over the past 11 years have been superposed to show the giant planet passing from southern summer toward northern summer. Although Saturn will only reach its northern summer solstice in 2017 May, the image of Saturn most analogous to today's Earth solstice is the bottommost one. source APOD

Solstice Full Moon for the first time since 1967

Today’s Solstice coincides with an “extremely rare event ,”a strawberry full moon, for the first time since 1967.

By Agis F|2017-02-01T20:14:45+02:00Jun 21, 2016|Categories: Astronomy|Tags: Full Moon, solstice|

Seasons and Rings of Saturn

On Earth, June 21 marks a solstice, the time when the Earth’s spin axis tilts directly toward the Sun. On Saturn, the rings tell you

By Agis F|2015-06-23T10:33:34+03:00Jun 23, 2015|Categories: Astronomy|Tags: saturn, solstice|

The summer solstice

Today we’ll have summer solstice, one extreme point in Earth’s seasonality. The result of Earth having a tilted axis. On June 21 (or around) is

By Agis F|2014-06-21T10:49:46+03:00Jun 21, 2014|Categories: Astronomy|Tags: solstice|

Map showing how far out you are from Solar time

A brilliant world map showing the difference between solar and standard time. There are many places in the world where the sun rises and sets

By Agis F|2014-03-04T10:56:28+02:00Mar 4, 2014|Categories: Astronomy|Tags: solar, solstice, Sunset, World Map|

Orion over El Castillo

If you read this, We survived!… Orion over El Castillo. Welcome to the December solstice, with this a day the world does not end… even

By wordlesstech team|2012-12-22T11:10:11+02:00Dec 22, 2012|Categories: Astronomy, Natural phenomena|Tags: Orion, solstice|

Equinox- The Sun from Solstice to Solstice

Yesterday was an equinox, a date when day and night are equal. From now on every day until the next equinox, the night will be

By wordlesstech team|2012-09-23T12:11:47+03:00Sep 23, 2012|Categories: Astronomy|Tags: sky, solstice, sun, winter|

World record for the launch of paper lanterns (video)

In order to celebrate the summer solstice, on the 21st of June, a massive crowd gathered to let go of 15,000 lit balloons into the

By Agis F|2012-09-23T11:54:03+03:00Jun 28, 2012|Categories: Entertainment news|Tags: night sky, solstice, world record|

Midwinter’s Greetings in Antarctica

June 21, 2011 marks the winter solstice throughout the Southern Hemisphere. In Antarctica, this day is a turning point when people begin to think about

By wordlesstech team|2014-12-25T11:44:18+02:00Jul 1, 2011|Categories: Natural phenomena|Tags: Antarctica, solstice|