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General Discussions => Spunk => Topic started by: Spacey on June 21, 2007, 02:43:29 pm
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ahh Puck you blundering fool...
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Solstice brings longest day, strange traditions[/i]
By Richard Stenger
CNN.com Writer
(CNN) -- A scientifically precise event that happens once every six months, the solstice has inspired mysterious celebrations and been blamed for irrational conduct for centuries.
The summer solstice arrives when the sun reaches its farthest point north of the equator. It marks the longest day of the year and the beginning of summer for the Northern Hemisphere. The event produces the opposite effect in the southern half of the planet: the shortest day of the year and the onset of winter.
The annual changing of the seasons bathes the Arctic in sunlight and plunges much of the Antarctic in darkness for months. But southerners take heart. After the solstice occurs, the sun begins a march south, concluding six months later with another solstice in which the seasons reverse themselves.
The North Pole tilts slightly more than 23 degrees toward the sun on the day of the solstice. The vertical noon rays are directly over the Tropic of Cancer. In late December the conditions reverse, with the South Pole tilting toward the sun and the solar rays shining over the Tropic of Capricorn.
Civilizations have celebrated summer solstices since ancient times. The Romans honored Fors Fortuna, the goddess of fortune. The Druids assembled at Stonehenge, a mysterious prehistoric arrangement of mammoth stone slabs in England.
The circle of megaliths is arranged to capture the light of the summer solstice sunrise, much like a temple the Incas built centuries ago in Peru.
Legend holds that the summer solstice, also known as midsummer, prods humans to engage in strange behavior. The myth inspired Shakespeare in his "A Midsummer Night\'s Dream," a romantic, nonsensical comedy that took place on the summer solstice.
The moon appeared unusually bright and colorful when it was full four days. Known as rose or strawberry moons, full moons in June often put on such displays.
They follow the lowest path across the sky of all full moons. And moons seen just above the horizon look much larger than normal because of an optical illusion.
Such moons can look more colorful for the same reason that sunsets appear red. The low-hanging moon often takes on a pink or orange hue as a result of scattered moonlight in the atmosphere.
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fair enough. I\'m sure that there is an energy created on today that is unlike any other day.
Dude there was an energy created at every GD show that was unlike any other.
They did like to play during the day though so it makes sense that the long day would appeal to them.
I naturally assume that there was a unique energy created at every GD show.
Some people just have beliefs that there is a higher energy or more positive energy or something almost supernatural with certain times in the year but who really knows.
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fair enough. I\'m sure that there is an energy created on today that is unlike any other day.
Dude there was an energy created at every GD show that was unlike any other.
They did like to play during the day though so it makes sense that the long day would appeal to them.
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fair enough. I\'m sure that there is an energy created on today that is unlike any other day.
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I miss knowing the GD would be playing today as they loved to play on the Solstice.
I did not know that. Was there a reason behind this? such as energy or something heady?
Probably. They were major hippies that happened to be world class musicians.
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I miss knowing the GD would be playing today as they loved to play on the Solstice.
I did not know that. Was there a reason behind this? such as energy or something heady?
Longest day of the year folks!
technically asswipe, the day is still 24 hours but today is the longest day of light all year.
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Im lucky I had today off otherwise I would not like the Longest day of the year.
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Longest day of the year folks!
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I miss knowing the GD would be playing today as they loved to play on the Solstice.
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HOLY MOLY-I forgot! Happy first day of SUMMER!I was just "sitting in the midday sun":)came in and saw this.
The only sad thing is once it starts..... it starts to go away.
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For me, summer ends when July 4th ends.....its all downhill into fall from there.....well for my warped and twisted mind anyway....
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Doesn\'t winter start tomorrow anyways?
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enjoy it now kiddies for soon enough it will be time for jingle bells, ho ho ho, and happy new year.....
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Well summer began at 2:06pm today. It is looking like a very nice and promising day. Just want to wish all of you a Happy Summer and enjoy it.
Any major plans for the summer?
Mine is to try and take over the world like I have been doing since 1994.
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