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Happy Southern Solstice 2022!

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The December Solstice occurs today at 21:48 UTC. Will they do anything at Stonehenge?
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Hey, remember the episode of West Wing when they had the cartographers? That was excellent.
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I never really watched West Wing. Had to look it up. Pretty good. :lol:

I thought more that the southern hemisphere is pointing closer to the big yellow ball and that it's going to be summer down there rather than winter. :biggrin:
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Yeah, it was more free association on my part. :lol:

But seriously, West Wing is an awesome show. And that's coming from one who doesn't know much about politics. The humor and the characters and their interactions are great.
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Sunrise where I live today is 5:29am and sunset is 8:49pm. We have a long twilight, so it gets dark around 9:30pm or so. I guess it's our longest day.

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That's my June 21.
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Re: Happy Southern Solstice 2022!

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Damelon wrote:The December Solstice occurs today at 21:48 UTC. Will they do anything at Stonehenge?
Since the Solstice occured at 9:48 PM in Britain, long after sunset, English Heritage Society live streamed this morning's, December 22nd's, sunrise on Facebook. The recorded version of the sunrise is on their Facebook page.

https://fb.watch/hAg058s3qq/
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Fist and Faith wrote:Hey, remember the episode of West Wing when they had the cartographers? That was excellent.
Oh my goodness--I sure remember that West Wing episode!!

I actually re-watched the exact clip on YouTube a couple months ago, because I was thinking of dropping it into an online conversation on Discord.
It was great. :D
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