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Tonight is the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest night in the Southern Hemisphere. The December Solstice, which marks the change of seasons, occurs at 12:30 a.m. on the 22nd EST (9:30 p.m. on the 21st PST) when the Sun reaches its farthest point south on the celestial sphere. Happy Solstice!

And the days start lengthening again thereafter,for that i am most thankful!!

happy solstice,everybody!

Happy Solstice! Oh yeah bring on the longer days!

Remember though, for all of our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, it means the days will be getting shorter...

cjj wrote:Remember though, for all of our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, it means the days will be getting shorter...

Hey, it's either them or us. I have no sympathy if it means languishing in this terrible darkness.

There must be an Eli the ice man effect,as it's still getting colder even though the days will be lengthening.

kiramdear wrote:

cjj wrote:Remember though, for all of our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, it means the days will be getting shorter...

Hey, it's either them or us. I have no sympathy if it means languishing in this terrible darkness.

Darkness? Hey, where you're at, on this short day, sunrise is as 7:21, sunset at 4:54 for a total of 9:33 when the sun is above the horizon.

Where I am, sunrise is at 8:16, sunset is at 4:54 for a total of 8:38. You guys get almost a whole hour more daylight down there!!!

fatcat wrote:There must be an Eli the ice man effect,as it's still getting colder even though the days will be lengthening.

Yeah, and we get more snow, too.

jps wrote:

fatcat wrote:There must be an Eli the ice man effect,as it's still getting colder even though the days will be lengthening.

Yeah, and we get more snow, too.

Happy freezing rain everyone. Looks like a green Christmas here.

admin wrote:Happy freezing rain everyone. Looks like a green Christmas here.

Welcome to my world Peter.

Only, sunny & clear. AGAIN.

BORING!

Its also 2112 day!!!

kiramdear wrote:

cjj wrote:Remember though, for all of our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, it means the days will be getting shorter...

Hey, it's either them or us. I have no sympathy if it means languishing in this terrible darkness.

I agree. No one was moaning on June 21st.

I slept right through it!

I'm much happier about this than any of the season's holidays. I never realized how much more drastic the change is up north here, compared to Florida... and to think, I'm still technically in "the south!" It gets dark by 5pm, what the heck is that??? I know... it's worse further north, I'm sure several of you will chime in about that and tell me to shut my hole!