Storm's Left Hook
Fining and Feeding LANL

Winter Sun Stood Still

Analemma_photo_dicicco PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
455 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...THE WINTER SOLSTICE OCCURS AT 522 PM MST TODAY...

THE WINTER SOLSTICE WILL OCCUR WHEN THE SUN REACHES ITS SOUTHERN MOST LATITUDE OF THE YEAR AT 522 PM MST TODAY. THIS IS WHEN THE SUN WILL BE DIRECTLY OVER THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AT 23 1/2 DEGREES LATITUDE SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR. IT WILL BE PRECISELY 522 PM TODAY WHEN THE SUN ENDS ITS 6 MONTH JOURNEY SOUTH AND BEGINS ITS 6 MONTH JOURNEY NORTH.

THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE LONGEST SHADOWS ARE CAST BY OBJECTS IN THE SUNSHINE IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. ...

Mark your noon shadow.

Perhaps aspire to a project like this in Canada: Kappel Henge Keppel_henge_1

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Inky Ink, Inc.

Groovy. Bring on them longer days. I'm ready!!

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