Summer Solstice

[veggiechicken]

Its the Summer Solstice tomorrow - after that the nights start drawing in
Hope I haven't upset you all

[Baldy]

Its normally Chris Bleedy Evans who mentions that and puts me in a sour mood for the week.
Thanks ever so.

[sparrow100]

Himself is already mournful. Eejit.

I'm getting up to see the sun in tomorrow morning. Off to beddybyes now though.

[rary]

will that mean I will get to bed earlier as I cant sleep when there is daylight, although I have been known to inspect the inside of my eye lids for an hour or two, especially when I know my OH wants me to do some housework, though I think that could be more an allergic reaction kicking in

[Scarlet]

I drove past Stonehenge earlier this evening....car park was already busy (£15 to park a car ) there's not many lay-bys near by and they were already chocca

[Nicos]

Just checked...Thursday is 4seconds shorter than Wednesday!

[Nicos]

Well I never!...I actually saw the sunrise!

It was due around 6am our time, but took 40 mins to rise above the hill and treeline before the first rays appeared.

Such a beautiful orange glow!

And nope, I didn't just sit there waiting, I managed to iron 2sets of bedding!

Anyone else see it?

[rary]

Nope couldn't see it for the rain clouds, and the pile of ironing that I am hoping a mad grape will come along and do for me

[Small pumpkin]

Like Rary, I'm still waiting to see the sun.

[vixylix]

Me too SP - It hasnt bothered to rise in Leeds today.

Happy summer solstice everyone - lets all be positive, there are still lots of long light evenings to come

[Kirk]

Its the Summer Solstice tomorrow - after that the nights start drawing in
Hope I haven't upset you all

Better define "drawing in" ?
The nights remain getting darker later for a few days as the "night" gets a bit later it is the other end, the morning, that gets lighter later so the overall "night" increases as you end up with the night starting say 1 minute later at the evening but ends say 2 minutes later at the morning. So a bit more night but not synmetric around the solstice.

I think it is "Misdsummer" when the evening night starts to get shorted, effectively this is the furthest Western extent of the sun's path.

This likely means that places like Stonehenge are built for the Midsummer not the solstice as when built that would be what they could measure or what they would see.

It is a consequence of our eliptical orbit around the sun. Also during our "summer" (all 3 days of it) we are actually about the furthest from the sun.

This is the sort of useless things you learn when owing a telescope.

[veggiechicken]

Thanks Kirk
That's my one thing new I've learnt today

[ESBkevin]

Well I never!...I actually saw the sunrise!

It was due around 6am our time, but took 40 mins to rise above the hill and treeline before the first rays appeared.

Such a beautiful orange glow!

And nope, I didn't just sit there waiting, I managed to iron 2sets of bedding!

Anyone else see it?

Yes I saw the bedding at 6am.

[Twynyrodyn]

We went on a village picnic to Wales' own Stonehenge. ....Tinkinswood. The mist descended just after sunset. Quid eirie .