June 21 - Happy Solstice, Everyone!

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Happy solstice, everyone! Here's some quick info that'll help you connect with nature at this June solstice 2018. Mars dust storm grows global The storm is now officially planet-encircling. At Gale Crater, where the Curiosity rover is studying the storm's effects, dust has starkly increased. Meanwhile, the Opportunity rover stays silent. Celebrate the solstice with this cool solargraph Check out these sun-trails, made by the sun's movement in its shifting path across our sky from day to day, from a December solstice to a June solstice. Lake Superior sediment-heavy after torrential rains​ The downpour took place last weekend in parts of the U.S. Upper Midwest - Wisconsin, Minnesota and especially northern Michigan. Satellite images show the effects on Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes of North America. Solstice sun on Taurus-Gemini border Today at around 21:00 UTC, the sun moves out of Taurus the Bull and into Gemini the Twins. Note that we're talking about the boundaries of astronomical constellations – not astrological signs - of the zodiac.

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Happy solstice, everyone!  Worldwide map via the U.S. Naval Observatory shows the day and night sides of Earth at the instant of the June solstice (June 21, 2018, at 10:07 UTC). It’s sunrise in the Americas, noon in Africa, and sunset in Japan and Indonesia.

Celebrate the solstice with this cool solargraph The APEX telescope at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in Chile tracked the sun's path across the sky over a 6-month period in 2010. The astronomers inadvertently created art, but their original goal was to assess the quality of this site in Chile for astronomy. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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