Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Summer Solstice on Tuesday

Tuesday will be the longest day of the year as countries lying to the north of the equator, witness ‘Summer Solstice,’ a phenomenon that happens when the earth’s axile lean is fainest towards the sun.
“The ‘summer solstice’ falls out precisely when the earth’s axile lean is fainest towards the sun at its maximal of 23degrees 26’. The term is inferred of the Latin words ‘sol’ (sun) and ’sistere’ (to stand still).
A solstice is an astronomic phenomenon which occurs twice a

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