December 21
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (49899)
St. Catharines, Ontario
December 21, 2024 4:13pm CST
Happy Solstice everyone! From now on, the days will be getting a tiny bit longer until the end of June, at which time they'll start to get shorter again. There was a big red sun going down today but I didn't get a photo. Instead, I give you stonehenge.
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@FourWalls (75960)
• United States
22 Dec
Hooray for longer days! One of the weathermen said we get three additional seconds of daylight tomorrow!!
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@BarBaraPrz (49899)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Dec
And then another three seconds, and another, until we have an extra minute. I'll take whatever I can get.
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@kaylachan (78390)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Dec
It's funny, because what's on paper is often not the reality. We actualy had our shortest day over a week ago in terms of sunset. I've noticed it starts showing signs of getting longer at least, at night, a lot sooner. But , if you're paying attention, you don't notice.
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@BarBaraPrz (49899)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Dec
True, we don't notice if we're not paying attention. And then one day we notice it's still light out at 6pm.
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@kaylachan (78390)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Dec
@BarBaraPrz Yeah. I tend to notice when you do the same old routine.
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@ptrikha_2 (48070)
• India
22 Dec
It is quite interesting that while the days would gradually start getting longer, some of our coldest days are most often in January.
The significant difference is by early February when the sunset time starts differing by 15 to 20 minutes.
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@BarBaraPrz (49899)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 Dec
Well, officially winter's only just begun with this solstice.
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@ptrikha_2 (48070)
• India
25 Dec
@BarBaraPrz
And where does that leaves those cold days before "official" winters?
Unclaimed??
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@BarBaraPrz (49899)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Dec
It is interesting, isnt it?
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@BarBaraPrz (49899)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Dec
That's right. It all works out.
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@Deepizzaguy (111060)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21 Dec
Nice picture of the Stonehenge on this post.
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@BarBaraPrz (49899)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Dec
Thanks, but I didn't take it.
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@Deepizzaguy (111060)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22 Dec
@BarBaraPrz You are welcome.
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@BarBaraPrz (49899)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 Dec
Yeah, me too, but I guess we'll have to wait a bit for it, though with how up and down it's been this fall, who knows?
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@LindaOHio (192117)
• United States
22 Dec
I'll be so glad when the sun goes down at 9 pm again. Have a good day.
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