Monday, December 21, 2009

Winter Solstice



So, today is officially the first day of winter, the "winter solstice". This is the day that the axial tilt of the earth is the furthest away from the Sun, at a tilt of over 23degrees.We've talked about how typical it is that even this is the shortest day of winter, how the coldest days are yet to come. Same thing with the summer solstice.

The sun made a brief appearance today, but quickly clouded up and it's snowing again. Looks like we have a potential snow storm on the horizon just in time for Christmas Eve.

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