⭐️ Happy December Solstice!
May the spirit of peace and goodwill be with you as we mark the changing seasons and the shared humanity that unites us all. 🎄🌏☮️

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Today was the #WinterSolstice in the #NothernHemisphere and so tonight will be the longest night of the year. The #Sun actually reached its southern-most pass in the #sky a little under six hours ago. So, #Winter has started.

Of course, if you’re in the #SouthernHemispere, replace “winter” with “summer”, “northern” with “southern”, and “night” with “day”.

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I'm a few (about 54) minutes late, but…

Merry Solstice, everybody!

Especially to people in the northern hemisphere who may be struggling with longer (or even constant) periods of darkness and very cold weather. Remember that it will get brighter and warmer again soon. Until then, may you find ways to enjoy the #solstice, like I do.

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Happy Solstice, y'all!

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Happy #DecemberSolstice! 🌞

Understanding seasons - a look at the hourly incoming solar radiation during the two solstices (23.5°N/S). I've added a red marker for ease of viewing. Dashed line shows the equator

This graphic can be found at https://zacklabe.com/arctic-climate-seasonality-and-variability/

The Winter Solstice 2025

Just a quick note to point out that the Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere happens today, Sunday 21st December 2025, at 15.03 UT (GMT).

In Dublin, sunrise yesterday (20th December) was at 8.37 am and sunset at 4.07 pm, while today the sunrise was at 8.38 am and sunset at 4.08 pm. Both sunrise and sunset happen later tomorrow than today, so the Solstice marks neither the latest sunrise nor the earliest sunset. We have to wait until January for the latest sunrise (8.40am) and the earliest sunset (4.06pm) actually happened over a week ago. The interval between the two events will, however, be about 2 seconds longer tomorrow than today; and yesterday the gap was about 4 seconds longer than today. Taking a day to be the interval between sunrise and sunset, today is the shortest.

For a full explanation of this, see this older Winter Solstice post.

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