Sunday 22 June 2014

Summer solstice

Here's the view at sunset on the day with the longest daylight. The tilted axis of the Earth means that at the moment our rotation means we spend more hours in the half of the globe lit by the Sun that in the half that is in shadow. Sadly, the days will now get shorter until the winter solstice. But note that it is the opposite in the southern hemisphere at the moment. It's winter in Brazil for the World Cup!