The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VII.. Stop In!!!

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Good morning on this last day of Summer... Yup, tomorrow is the "something" solstice, there has to be a name for it, but I'm not sure since I've never heard it called the, "fall solstice".

Don:
"solstice" is from the Latin for :the sun stands still". This happens in December and June. As we move around the sun, it appears to set farther and farther north (or south) until it reaches the end of its travels and starts to come back. For the couple of days right at the turn, it seems as if it doesn't move at all, thus "standing still". (It still crosses the sky, though).
In September and March we have a different phenomenon. The days lengthen from the winter solstice and the nights shrink, and at one point they are equal. This is called the "equinox" ("equal night" -- nowadays the daytime may be asking for equal billing). Someone else can explain why the sunrise and sunset on those days are not both at 6:00.

Think of the sunset as being on a Sine wave; at the extremes there is little movement, but in the middle (as it crosses the axis) it moves quite fast.


Tomorrow, I have an invite to the Wednesday Night Water Boilers.