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Science of the Summer Solstice

by Bill Petro on June 20, 2009 · 0 comments

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SCIENCE OF THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
The word Solstice comes from the Latin solstitium meaning “Sun, standing-still.” This year the Summer Solstice occurs on June 21 at 05:45 UTC, or Coordinated Universal Time, or Zulu Time, or roughly Greenwich Mean Time.
This is also known as the Northern Solstice as the Sun is positioned directly above [...]

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