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Behold a Winter Solstice – Rise to that?




Behold a Winter Solstice – Rise to that?






















From NASA

The planet’s nebulae come twice a year. For the Northern Hemisphere, the summer solstice (June) occurs around June 20-21, and the winter solstice (December) occurs between December 21-22.

On the summer solstice, the Sun’s path appears farthest north or south, depending on which half of the planet you’re on. The seasons change on Earth because the planet is tilted slightly on its axis as it moves around the Sun.

The Earth’s axis can be visualized as an imaginary pole passing through the center of our planet from “top” to “bottom”. The earth revolves around this pole, making one complete revolution every day. That’s why we have day and night.

This image taken with the Rotational Enhanced Visibility and Infrared Camera (SEVIRI) on EUMETSAT’s Meteosat-9 captured a view of Earth from asynchronous orbit and shows sunlight falling What was Earth like on December 21, 2010.

Image supplier: NASALast Updated: December 21, 2021 Editor: Yvette Smith