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A Sensational Summer Solar Solstice to All

ercoerco Posts: 20,261
edited 2011-06-22 19:44 in General Discussion
Many recent sun-tracking forum posts and our timely visit to Chaco Canyon have heightened my awareness of our place in the cosmos. Today is June 21, the summer solstice and longest day of the year, so we Northern hemispherians had more and longer direct sunlight today than any other day. Various solstice celebrations took place at Chaco, Stonehenge, and all over. Just north of Los Angeles in Santa Barbara, hundreds of beatnik drummers took to the hills and beat their drums starting before sunrise.

So kick up your heels a bit and go celebrate the li'l druid Anasazi primate in you...

Comments

  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-06-21 17:44
    We pagans over here in Europe don't need reminding. Mid summer is an especially serious party in Scandinavia. Just now in Helsinki it does not get dark at night so you can't really forget it.
  • Mike GMike G Posts: 2,702
    edited 2011-06-21 18:08
    Here in Phoenix, Arizona we're very happy that direct sunlight is on the down slope, 109 F (42.7C) today.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-06-21 19:22
    Here in the Gray Pacific Northwet, Spring is just getting underway after a very wet and gloomy first six months. So now you're saying this is it? The days will start getting shorter? It's almost too depressing to contemplate.

    -Phil
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-06-21 19:54
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    ...So now you're saying this is it? The days will start getting shorter?..

    Doesn't Seattle have a theme song for its summers?

  • bozobozo Posts: 70
    edited 2011-06-21 20:04
    and a winter solstice for those of us who live below zero latitude
    which this year occured in the wee hours of 22 June (in Melb) ... better late than never
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,261
    edited 2011-06-21 20:12
    @PhiPi: Wet & gloomy, eh? No wonder you're not a regular contributor in all the "solar power" threads...
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-06-21 20:43
    I think it was Mark Twain who said, "The best winter I ever spent was a summer in Seattle."

    -Phil
  • Ahle2Ahle2 Posts: 1,179
    edited 2011-06-22 02:59
    Like Heater said, here in Scandinavia mid-summer is a holiday; Just like easter or christmas.
    This Friday 96% of all Scandinavians gets drunk and eats a lot of strawberries, hearing and potatoes!

    /Ahle2
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-06-22 04:52
    Ahle2,
    That might be "herring and potatoes":)

    Yep, here in Helsinki we are gearing up for a massive barby out on an island some where.

    Have fun all.
  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2011-06-22 05:52
    No time for celebrating here.
    We are having the annual emergency defense drill "Turning Point 5"
    The days really do feel pretty long this week :-)

    I tried my best to miss all this and get to go to the
    Paris air show...but I didn't have the right kind of pull
    or the right friends.
  • Ahle2Ahle2 Posts: 1,179
    edited 2011-06-22 06:11
    @Heater
    I HEAR you brother. :)
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-06-22 07:14
    Ahle2,
    My herring is not as good as it used to be but the Absolut is still just fine:)
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2011-06-22 19:44
    And a great summer solstice from sunny Edmonton, where today the Sunrise was at 5:04 and Sunset will be at 22:07 for a total of 17 hours and 3 minutes of sunshine. Not as good as northern Scandinavia's 24 hours but I am going to enjoy every minute of it.
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