06.21.20 – Whether you are in the northern longest day or the southern longest night, I hope you enjoy your extra sunlight or starlight this weekend. If you are in a space with a good night sky, get out and enjoy the Milky Way…
Tag: summer solstice
Tower 24, or Summer is Here and so are the Lifeguards
Sat 06.21.14 – Happy Juhannus / St. John’s Day / Summer Solstice to all of you. And a very Happy Wedding Day to Dan and Annette!
Life List Achievement Unlocked: Midsummer in Finland by Water
All photos taken by Ms. Jen with her Nokia 808 Pureview Camera phone. Sun 06.24.12 – In November of 2009, in a flurry of dreaming about traveling, I made a Life List that was mostly crazy, off the beaten path travel to-dos. This last…
The Summer, She Begins
Mon 06.21.10 – At the higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, today was/is Midsummer, but here in the mid-latitudes (33N), today at 4:28am PDT marks the beginning of the summer season, or the summer solstice. Now, the specific 33N mid-latitudes that I live in…
Happy MidSummer Night!
I will be on an airplane flying from Los Angeles to Stuttgart, Germany, most likely somewhere over northern Canada when the official summer solstice occurs tonight 10:45pm PDT (5:45am UTC), which is highly appropriate to be in a northern clime during the actually time…
Happy Longest Day of the Year!
According to the nice folk at the US Navy Observatory, today, June 20, 2008 at 23:59 UT will be the Summer Solstice. To most North Americans, this is the day we mark as the start of Summer. When I was in Ireland, May 1st…