Sentence examples for northern solstice from inspiring English sources

During its previous northern solstice in 1944, Uranus displayed elevated levels of brightness, which suggests that the north pole was not always so dim.

This systematic scattering is due to a larger shift of the southern hemisphere focus northwards during the northern summer solstice and southwards during the southern summer solstice.

The nature of the scattering appears to be systematic with respect to the seasonal change, best seen in the visualization of the seasonal medians, due to a larger shift of the southern hemisphere focus northwards during the northern summer solstice and southwards during the southern summer solstice.

Here we present a composite picture of just one day — 21 June 2006, the Northern summer solstice.

This means that when the Earth is closer to the Sun (which happens in early January, about two weeks after the northern winter solstice) it's moving faster than when it is farther away.

During northern summer solstice, neutral winds are generally eastward in the southern hemisphere on the nightside.

To me it's the time-immemorial marking of the Northern Winter Solstice heralding the return of the sun.

A photo released by the GOES-13 weather satellite reveals a sparkling blue Earth dotted with clouds to mark the northern summer solstice — the official start of summer in the north.

In the northern hemisphere, winter solstice occurs on about December 21, summer solstice is near June 21, spring equinox is around March 20 and autumnal equinox is about September 23.

Around the solstice, northern Norway has a slew of celebrations.

At the winter solstice (Northern Hemisphere), around December 21, the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn and lies within the boundaries of the constellation Sagittarius, having reached its southernmost declination in the ecliptic.