Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
A Winter Solstice
Explanation:
Today is the Winter Solstice [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The yearly cycle of Seasons [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] on planet Earth once again finds the Sun [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] at its lowest point in the Northern Sky. The Sun's own 11 year cycle of activity [ http://www.adler.uc…] is progressing toward a maximum which will occur in 2000-2001. This image of the Sun [ http://sohowww.nasc…] in the light [ http://seal.nascom.…] of ionized Helium [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] was recorded by the space-based SOHO observatory only three days ago and shows many prominences [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and active regions.
Credit and Copyright:
SOHO- [ http://sohowww.nasc…] EIT Consortium [ http://umbra.nascom…], ESA [ http://www.esrin.it/], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
sun
keyword:
solstice
keyword:
season
facet_when:
2000
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
SOHO
facet_when_year:
2000
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap971221

A Winter Solstice
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