Today's scheduled [ http://aa.usno.navy…EarthSeasons.html ] geocentric astronomical event is the Solstice [ http://kids.msfc.na…news-summer.asp ], with the Sun reaching its northernmost declination [ http://csep10.phys.…coordinates.html ] at 13 hours 24 minutes Universal Time [ http://aa.usno.navy…]. For denizens of planet Earth this Solstice [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] marks the beginning of Summer in the northern [ http://solar.physic…Lessons/Sundials/sun dials.html ] hemisphere and Winter in the south [ http://solar.physic…Sundials/sundials_S. html ]. Of course, the tilt [ http://www.wrh.noaa…] of the Earth's axis of rotation (and not [ http://www.badastro…] a change in the Earth-Sun distance) is mainly responsible for the changing seasons and the Sun's yearly north-south motion through the sky. Following the rising [ http://pages.prodig…Sun_05.html ] and setting points of the Sun along the horizon is one way to track [ http://analyzer.dep…Sunrise Sunset.htm ] the Sun's progress along its seasonal cycle [ http://www.thursday…story5.html ]. Tall grasses and tinted clouds frame this dramatic view of the setting Sun approaching the northern limit of this year's seasonal journey as seen near Raffingora, Zimbabwe [ http://www.cia.gov/…zi.html ].
Explanation
Today's scheduled [ http://aa.usno.navy…EarthSeasons.html ] geocentric astronomical event is the Solstice [ http://kids.msfc.na…news-summer.asp ], with the Sun reaching its northernmost declination [ http://csep10.phys.…coordinates.html ] at 13 hours 24 minutes Universal Time [ http://aa.usno.navy…]. For denizens of planet Earth this Solstice [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] marks the beginning of Summer in the northern [ http://solar.physic…Lessons/Sundials/sun dials.html ] hemisphere and Winter in the south [ http://solar.physic…Sundials/sundials_S. html ]. Of course, the tilt [ http://www.wrh.noaa…] of the Earth's axis of rotation (and not [ http://www.badastro…] a change in the Earth-Sun distance) is mainly responsible for the changing seasons and the Sun's yearly north-south motion through the sky. Following the rising [ http://pages.prodig…Sun_05.html ] and setting points of the Sun along the horizon is one way to track [ http://analyzer.dep…Sunrise Sunset.htm ] the Sun's progress along its seasonal cycle [ http://www.thursday…story5.html ]. Tall grasses and tinted clouds frame this dramatic view of the setting Sun approaching the northern limit of this year's seasonal journey as seen near Raffingora, Zimbabwe [ http://www.cia.gov/…zi.html ].
