Winter Solstice News

Dec. 21 was the winter solstice. This marks the official start of winter. I understand that since this is my first "winter" in East Texas, my views might be a little skewed, but as far as I've seen, people tend not to move around as much when it gets "cold" here.

Just when you thought the days simply couldn't get any shorter, you were right. However that very event happened 12 days ago on December 21 at 1:47 p.m. Yes that was our shortest day of the year and our longest night.

A snow plow moves snow aside in a Woodstock parking lot Sunday night. The weekend blizzard began Friday evening and ended late Saturday night, dropping well over a foot of snow in the area.

'Tis the dark of the year. Two long months of long, gray winter lie ahead. The shortest day of the year fell during last week's winter solstice, which means that the Earth's axis is beginning to tilt toward the sun again.

The megalithic tomb at Newgrange. The sun failed to shine on Monday morning, the shortest day of the year, as 'dawn watchers' inside the megalithic tomb at Newgrange waited as morning broke.

Tuesday marked the Winter Solstice. On this day, the Northern hemisphere experiences the shortest day and its longest night.

Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 21 December, 2009 : - - 17h47, December. 21, 2009, marks the solstice-the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

Posted 5 hours, 33 minutes ago at 4:26 pm. Christmas is finally here.A The tree lights twinkle, holly and mistletoe are hanging and brilliant poinsettias brighten the room.

I have attended half a dozen Christmas parties in Iceland and the same things always strike me as particularly "Icelandic" each time.

People wishing to celebrate the winter solstice are being urged to stay away from Stonehenge until Tuesday, as it will not be open before then.

Winter Solstice this year fell on December 21, but what exactly is a solstice? Learn more about how this astronomical event has been celebrated through the ages, and how Winter Solstice may have influenced the date of Christmas.

Sweden's elite progressive metal act, Katatonia , has launched a contest on Monday, December 21st, in conjunction with Omerch to celebrate the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, when night becomes the new day.

Revellers watch druidic ceremonies near the Key Stone, away from the Stone Circle at Stonehenge as druids and revellers celebrate the winter solstice.

The architectural cross at the new MTMC was lit Monday evening during a ceremony at the hospitala s new facility on Medical Center Parkway.

Dec. 19--Asked about Georgia's winter weather forecast, state climatologist David Stooksbury said: "What you see is what you get." That means we can look forward to a wetter and cooler than normal season.

I've previously shared the first few months of output from our solar system, we turned it on at the start of September, and on a clear day we were getting around 24KWh.

Winter solstice 2009 falls Monday, marking the shortest day in the year for the Northern Hemisphere.

As much of the Northeastern United States lies under a cold blanket of snow, the winter solstice is preparing to make its entrance.

Today, the 21st of December, marks the shortest day of 2009. Unfortunately, that means I'll be donating just that much more cash to my electric company today, but it also means the days will start to get longer.

Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the official start of winter.