Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon. -Oscar Wilde
Yesterday was the spring equinox for the Northern Hemisphere, and my city was lucky enough to have a glorious day, clear skies, warm weather, and I spent most of the day outside. I had the type of day that Dan Tyminski pines for in this song, Some Early Morning.
During the months April through August, the northern hemisphere gets long days and lots of sunlight, while the South Pole gets nothing but freezing darkness. On the other hand, from October through February, the southern hemisphere gets the long days, while the North Pole never sees the Sun.
But our equinoxes -- and we only get two per year -- are very, very special. The Sun illuminates all parts of the Earth equally on these days.
These are the only days of the year where everywhere on Earth has a chance at Sunlight. Moreover, on the equinoxes, everybody gets twelve hours of Sun (well, they would if the skies were clear) and twelve hours of night. Everyone. North Pole, South Pole, Equator, and everywhere in between. Starting today and all the days after for the next six months, someone at the South Pole will never see the Sun. Just like for the prior six months, Santa Claus (and everyone else at the North Pole) never saw the Sun.
The spring equinox was not only our switch, it was one of two days a year where everyone got the same amount of daylight. That's even where the word equinox comes from: equi = equal + nox = night. So I hope you enjoyed it, and to those of you in the northern hemisphere with me, we've got six months where things should only get better!
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Just listened to the 365 Days of Astronomy for the 20th going over the same deal.
And yesterday was also our new year because of the exact same reason!
Surely you mean 3 months where things should only get better? After the summer solstice the days get shorter and that, to me, is definitely things getting worse. It's after the winter solstice that things get better for 6 months.
The poles get 24 hours with the sun on the horizon.
It is the intelligence behind all the rules of the nature which attract my attention and invite me to think about.
This means at certain times of the year, the Northern Hemisphere is more directly facing the Sun, while 6 months later when the Earth is on the other side of the Sun, the Southern Hemisphere is more directly facing the Sun.
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Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.
This means at certain times of the year, the Northern Hemisphere is more directly facing the Sun, while 6 months later when the Earth is on the other side of the Sun, the Southern Hemisphere is more directly facing the Sun.
Starting today and all the days after for the next six months, someone at the South Pole will never see the Sun.
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Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.
This means at certain times of the year, the Northern Hemisphere is more directly facing the Sun
I love summer and the sun wish it lasted a little longer in this area before i know it we are back to the dark days!
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I love science. So many young people don't even know what an Equinox is. Thanks for the post.
Starting today and all the days after for the next six months, someone at the South Pole will never see the Sun.
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I work outdoors and i love the summertime because i can work until 9pm and the sun is still shining. During the winter time, the flashlights come out at 4pm. Major bummer.
Don't think I could handle such extreme time changes like that Jason. Can barely handle daylight savings in the winter with the sun setting sooo early.
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I almost forget everything about geography since I left middle school...LOL. Anyway, thanks for putting this up, really learn something from it.
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This means at certain times of the year, the Northern Hemisphere is more directly facing the Sun, while 6 months later when the Earth is on the other side of the Sun, the Southern Hemisphere is more directly facing the Sun.
Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon. It is the intelligence behind all the rules of the nature which attract my attention and invite me to think about.
Our whole world is incredibly beautiful!
The corporations should stop to destroy it through their behaviour!
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What I find odd is that during winter, Earth is closer to the sun than during summer. It's the affect of the axis tilt that causes more sunlight to hit the Earth in the summer that counts. Annuities
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I particulary appreciated the Oscar Wilde quote. It's a very good one. Beauty doesn't need explanation. What wonderful words.
the picture is wrong. the axis of the earth is not perpendicular to the suns rays contact.
It is if it's one of the two equinoxes, dan.