Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian expatriates and Uruguayans interested in Iranian culture and history convened at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic in the South American country to celebrate the national festival of Yalda- the
winter solstice -- in the Southern hemisphere.
Participants can take a picture of any nature, wildlife or landscape subject, anywhere in Scotland on June 21 for the summer solstice and on December 22 for the
winter solstice. Images are welcome from one or both days and can be of the same subject or location each time, or different.
Summer solstice is the opposite of
winter solstice, which occurs on December 21 or 22 of every year.
Mid-winter in the northern hemisphere marks the
Winter Solstice which has the shortest day and the longest night of the year.
Taiwan experienced the hottest
winter solstice in 10 years when temperatures soared above 30 degrees Celsius Saturday at noon, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said that day.
IT'S every druid's nightmare not being able to see the sun rise on the
winter solstice. And yesterday it came true for many who got locked out of Stonehenge in a parking drama.
The
winter solstice falls on December 21, making it the shortest day and the longest night of the year.
Of course, as Google points out with its dual Doodles, it's not just
winter solstice, but also the Summer Solstice for those in the southern hemisphere.
But we're nearly on our way back; today is the shortest day of the year, also known as the
Winter Solstice, when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, and at its lowest point in the sky if you are in the Northern Hemisphere.
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), nights get longer in the country due to
winter solstice, an astronomical term regarding the position of the sun "lying at its farthest point" south of the equator.
The June solstice is the summer solstice in the northern Hampshire and the
winter solstice in the southern Hampshire.