/ 21 June 2022

Dark days be gone…

Image source: Pixabay
Image source: Pixabay

Set a reminder for tonight – it’s the Winter Solstice (aka the point at which the southern hemisphere is tilted furthest away from the Sun). After that, we’ll be heading towards longer days and shorter nights as we climb back to summer. Before you get too excited, it doesn’t mean it will get warmer anytime soon… July is usually our coldest month, and that’s down to what the experts call ‘seasonal lag’. “There’s a delay because the Earth takes a while to cool down and heat up again,” says Sydney Uni astronomer Professor Tim Bedding. If you want to completely nerd out on how it works, this is the article for you. Or, if you’re more into weird pagan rituals that come with the solstice, here are some suggestions. Just stay away from Krampus – he looks like a seriously bad dude…

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