Winter begins on December 20 during the Winter Solstice when the North Pole is tilted the farthest from the Sun. This will be the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In many ancient cultures, the winter solstice symbolized the “rebirth of the Sun” as days began to lengthen Siberian …
Winter begins during the winter solstice when the North Pole is tilted the farthest from the sun. This astronomical event marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. As a result, the angle at which sunlight reaches the Earth is at its lowest, casting long and pronounced shadows. This phenomenon is most noticeable …