{"id":3551,"date":"2015-06-21T08:06:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T12:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=3551"},"modified":"2015-06-21T08:06:51","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T12:06:51","slug":"happy-summer-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/06\/happy-summer-solstice\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy summer solstice!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are an astronomer, today marks the official start of astronomical summer (for climatologists, it started on June 1). \u00a0The sun reaches its northernmost point in the sky at 12:39 PM EDT. \u00a0You can read about the solstice at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/calendar\/june-solstice.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/calendar\/june-solstice.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>EarthSky also has a nice gallery of photos taken at Stonehenge in England, where the stones align according to astronomical dates (<a href=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/earth\/gallery-the-summer-solstice-as-seen-from-stonehenge?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fullsite+%28EarthSky%29\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Today is the longest day of the year&#8211;go out and enjoy it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/june-solstice-illustration.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3552\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/june-solstice-illustration-300x200.png\" alt=\"june-solstice-illustration\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/june-solstice-illustration-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/june-solstice-illustration-207x138.png 207w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/june-solstice-illustration.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3553\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/stonehenge-andrew-dunn-commons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3553\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/stonehenge-andrew-dunn-commons-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Andrew Dunn, Commons Wikimedia\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/stonehenge-andrew-dunn-commons-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/stonehenge-andrew-dunn-commons.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/stonehenge-andrew-dunn-commons-198x138.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Andrew Dunn, Commons Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are an astronomer, today marks the official start of astronomical summer (for climatologists, it started on June 1). \u00a0The sun reaches its northernmost point in the sky at 12:39 PM EDT. \u00a0You can read about the solstice at\u00a0https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/calendar\/june-solstice.html. 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