22/12/2025
¡Feliz solsticio de invierno!
Sunset Solstice over Stonehenge (APOD: 2025 Dec 22)
Image Credit & Copyright: English Heritage, Josh Dury
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Explanation: Yesterday the Sun reached its southern most point in planet Earth's sky. Called a solstice, many cultures mark yesterday's date as a change of seasons -- from autumn to winter in Earth's Northern Hemisphere and from spring to summer in Earth's Southern Hemisphere. The featured image was taken just before the longest night of the 2025 northern year at Stonehenge in the United Kingdom. There, through stones precisely placed 4,500 years ago, a 4.5 billion year old large glowing orb is seen setting. Even given the precession of the Earth's rotational axis over the millennia, the Sun continues to set over Stonehenge in an astronomically significant way.
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