Science 101 (part 7) - Sun Henge

Summer Solstice Sunrise over Stonehenge 2005/wikipedia.com

The Summer Solstice 

As of this posting, it's coming up June 21, 2018.

When the day will get as long as it will get this year. At least in the northern hemisphere.

The Science?

It's explained in this video:

(reference: https://youtu.be/BoBg_FFystw )

An intriguing spot to observe the solstice is in England.

Stonehenge

Many gather there for various reasons to observe and experience the turning point of the seasons. For the Solstice can not only be reduced to a scientific fact. But also one of myth and lore and wonder.

The video below relives the longest day of the year at Stonehenge with sunset on 20 June and sunrise on 21 June, 2017.

(reference: https://youtu.be/1qsFbwZ-uKY )

For many, the Solstice is a mystical, spiritual, even religious experience. 

And in that vein of thought, let's go back to the revelation of the origin of the seasons:

In the Beginning...

As in Genesis 1:

And God said, 

Let there be lights
 in the firmament of the heaven 

to divide 
the day from the night; 

and let them be 
for signs, 

and for seasons, 

and for days, 

and years:

And let them be for lights 

in the firmament of the heaven 

to give light upon the earth: 

and it was so.

And God made two great lights; 

the greater light to rule the day, 

and the lesser light to rule the night: 

He made the stars also.

And God set them 
in the firmament of the heaven 

to give light upon the earth,

And to rule over the day 

and over the night, 

and to divide the light 
from the darkness: 

and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14-18 (KJV)

And for a Summer Solstice that is really out of this world, check out the view from the International Space Station:

( reference: https://youtu.be/Kb84FkTuHuQ )

And God saw 
every thing
 that He had made, 

and, behold,
 it was very good. 

...

Genesis 1:31 (KVJ)


So marks the changing of the seasons.

Have a blessed summer!

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Previous posts in this series:

Science 101 (part 1) - Vernal Equinox  (2013)

Science 101 (part 2) - The Sound of Music? (2013)

Science 101 (part 3) - From Galileo to Apollo (2013)

Science 101 (part 4) - Cosmos Continued ... (2014) 

Science 101 (part 5) - August Meteor Showers (2016)

Science 101 (part 6) - June's Strawberry Moon  (2017)

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Photo:  Summer Solstice Sunrise over Stonehenge 2005/wikipedia.com