Summer solstice is always an interesting time for me. In fact, it's exciting. You imagine the sun and earth moving together so that the sun crosses the equator.
Then we have the pleasure of the longest day of the year. Here the sun rose at 5:13 AM and set at 10:00 PM for total daylight of 16 hours 47 minutes and a few seconds.
I wanted to get some sunset photos but we had a strange sunset. I was up at midnight and looking north over the city one could plainly see sunlight.
This photo was from a few years ago showing a house about 9:45 PM.
So now it's down hill until December.
I know my timer on the camera needs to be reset.
We'll be losing a little bit of light everyday, my wife likes that. She's not a big fan of the sun.
ReplyDeleteI keep wishing for darker mornings. I'm waking up too early these days.
ReplyDeleteHappy Summer Solstice. I am not looking forward to the short winter days. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy watching the progression from all this sunlight into more reasonable hours of daylight. I am not a fan of endless sun. :-)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your long summer days of light there. (NewRobin13)
ReplyDeleteBack toward the darkness:(
ReplyDeleteThe days are getting shorter already so soon.
ReplyDeleteI've taken to wearing a sleep mask this time of year as my bedroom drapes don't really keep the sunlight out in the wee hours. The bedroom is on the east side of house nice in winter, a bit too bright in summer.
ReplyDeleteSad to see the loss of light again! Hope your summer is great!
ReplyDeleteI guess you're a lot further north than we are.
ReplyDeleteI love that, all downhill!
ReplyDeleteRed, I’m trying to remember what you said about Daylight Saving Time. It doesn’t look like you need it. Do you like it? John
ReplyDeleteThe long daylight hours are great, but the mosquitoes drive me indoors well before sundown and the long twilight.
ReplyDeleteI like that it stays light until 10 now, but it won't last.
ReplyDelete9:45? And it's that lighted? Wow! Granted it's 6:30 PM here in Hawaii and still really lighted too. I just checked our sunset times here. It's supposed to be 7:17 PM.
ReplyDeleteIf you live long enough...you see these things.
ReplyDeleteI really like when it is bright early in the morning, I just want to get out the door!
ReplyDeletewow your days are quite long during summer dear Red
ReplyDeletei share your excitement regarding solstice day :) it sounds indeed amazing how earth reaches to certain point and enters back into old route ,i like to speak such stuff with hubby and specially with kids sometimes :)
i enjoyed photos how your sun is still up at quarter to ten wow .our difference of sunset is only two hours .in winter sunsets at 5:30 and in summer 7:30 that is it
Oh dear, the beautiful long bright days are going downhill... but now we're enjoying them :-) to the fullest. The roses are blooming in the garden and many of my wildflowers which attract the birds, bees and butterflies.
ReplyDeleteOn the warm summer evenings there are fireflies in my garden... I'm thrilled.
Happy greetings come to you from Viola.
I wish you wonderful days. Hug
I lived in Aberdeen in Scotland for a time. It did not get dark. Walks on the beach well after midnight.
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