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Keywords: analemma, Hercules, solstice
![Восход над Стоунхенджем в день летнего солнцестояния](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/06/20/0001745011/StonehengeSun_alexander_960.preview.jpg)
20.06.2021
Today the Sun reaches its northernmost point in planet Earth's sky. Called a solstice, many cultures mark this date as a change of seasons -- from spring to summer in Earth's Northern Hemisphere and from fall to winter in Earth's Southern Hemisphere.
![Северные летние сумерки](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/06/20/0001745012/IMG_1088_resize1024.preview.jpg)
19.06.2021
Nights grow shorter and days grow longer as the summer solstice approaches in the north. Usually seen at high latitudes in summer months, noctilucent or night shining clouds begin to make their appearance. Drifting...
![Солнцестояние: восходы Солнца в течение года](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2020/12/21/0001713821/SunRiseYear_Abbadi_960.preview.jpg)
21.12.2020
Does the Sun always rise in the same direction? No. As the months change, the direction toward the rising Sun changes, too. The featured image shows the direction of sunrise every month during 2019 as seen from near the city of Amman, Jordan.
![Солнце и зимнее солнцестояние 1996 года](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/10/08/0001193898/sundec_eit195.preview.gif)
21.12.1996
Today is the Winter Solstice for 1996. After steadily sinking in Northern Hemisphere skies, the Sun is now at its lowest declination - marking the first day of Northern Winter (but Southern Summer!). The Earth...
![Солнечное гало на северной широте шестьдесят три градуса](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/12/21/0001864308/GS_20221217_Solhalo_Pan_v3_1100.preview.jpg)
21.12.2022
Happy Solstice! Today is the December solstice, marking an astronomical beginning of summer in the southern hemisphere and winter in the north. On its yearly trek through planet Earth's skies, at this solstice the Sun reaches its southern most declination, 23.5 degrees south, at 21:48 UTC.
![Восход Солнца в декабре над мысом Сунион](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/23/0001237540/SSunriseAyiomamitis_850.preview.jpg)
23.12.2009
The Sun is a moving target. Its annual motion through planet Earth's sky tracks north and south, from solstice to solstice, as the seasons change. On December 21st, the solstice marking the first...
![Звезды и Солнце в солнцестояние](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/06/22/0001222482/solsticesun_lodriguss720.preview.jpg)
21.06.2007
If you could turn off the atmosphere's ability to scatter overwhelming sunlight, today's daytime sky might look something like this ... with the Sun surrounded by the stars of the constellations Taurus and Gemini. Of course, today is the Solstice.
![Тутулемма: аналемма с солнечным затмением](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/21/0001237482/tutulemma_tezel.preview.jpg)
20.12.2009
If you went outside at exactly the same time every day and took a picture that included the Sun, how would the Sun appear to move? With great planning and effort, such a series of images can be taken. The figure-8 path the Sun follows over the course of a year is called an analemma.
![Летняя ночь в декабре](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/12/23/0001915114/DSCF6968-Enhanced-NR1024.preview.jpg)
23.12.2023
Colours of a serene evening sky are captured in this 8 minute exposure, made near this December's solstice from New Zealand, southern hemisphere, planet Earth. Looking south, star trails form the short concentric arcs around the rotating planet's south celestial pole positioned just off the top of the frame.
![183 дня под Солнцем](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/12/22/0001914994/solsticesolargraphy1024.preview.jpg)
22.12.2023
A single 183 day exposure with a pinhole camera and photographic paper resulted in this long-duration solargraph. Recorded from solstice to solstice, June 21 to December 21, in 2022, it follows the Sun's daily arcing path through planet Earth's skies from Mertola, Portugal.
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