Cyril Byrne has photographed the rising solstice Sun illuminating the inside of a 5000-year-old megalithic tomb in Newgrange, in County Meath, Ireland. The tomb is aligned with the solstice Sun which shines down an 18-meter tunnel.[Irish Times/APOD]
The 2020 winter solstice – summer solstice in the southern hemisphere – occurs on December 21st at 10.02 UTC. This is when North Pole is tilted farthest away from the Sun and the South Pole has its maximum tilt towards the Sun.
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