Winter Solstice: The Comical Overview.

Winter is here. Let’s pull matrices together to learn about solstices 🎶

Fig- A comic to offend my mathematical self

Northern Hemisphere gets to winter in December, and when the day is the shortest, it is celebrated as the start of astronomical winters, i.e. the winter solstice.

To prevent redundancy, we would only discuss the Northern Hemisphere's winters. 

Some rush-through facts for readers in a hurry:

Daylight starts to shorten from here, initially at a faster rate and later slowly.

In Mohali, India, the daylight length on 21st December was just 10hr 19min. It has increased to 10hr 20min on the day of writing this blog(28th December)

Contrary to popular belief, Earth is closest to the sun around the winter solstice.

The entire region above the arctic circle experiences polar nights (When nights last for more than 24hrs)

Some reasonings:

Fig- The black area indicates night, and the red lines mark the 5 major latitudes.

Let us imagine the earth spinning around the axis. It is clear that

①- Arctic Circle receives 24hrs of darkness 

②- Antarctic Circle receives 0hrs of darkness

③- And for the equator ofcourse - 

Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture 

A- Day length in June at the equator

B- Day length in December at the equator

Pam: They’re the same picture

Location of Earth during this time:

Fig- The explanation for the matrix shown before.

Stonehenge gathering, England

The ancient circle of Stonehenge lines up with the movements of the sun. People gather there at dawn the day after winter solstice to witness the magical occurrence of the sun rising through the stones. 

-Tarang (MS21135)