Summer Solstice Facts, for When "the Sun Stands Still"


	Summer Solstice Facts, for When "the Sun Stands Still"

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6-20-2008 3:44 AM

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6-20-2008 9:21 AM

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On Friday, June 20, the summer of 2008 will begin in earnest across the Northern Hemisphere, with the longest day of the year. 
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<B>—The word solstice's Latin roots mean "sun stands still,"</B> an apt description of how the astronomical event appears from <A href="http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/earth.html?nav=A-Z" linkindex="55" set="yes">Earth</A>. 
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Since ancient times people have followed the movement of the <A href="http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/sun-article.html" linkindex="56">sun</A> as it rises, crosses the sky, and sets along a path that changes incrementally throughout the year. 
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For a few days surrounding the solstice, however, our star seems to rise and set at the same locations. It also hovers at the same noontime spot, pausing before its trajectory begins its incremental shift until year's end—the December solstice. 
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On June 20, 2008, the <A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1108_041108_north_pole.html" linkindex="58">North Pole</A> will tilt most directly toward the sun, so that the noon sun appears at its highest point in the sky—nearly directly overhead. This is the year's longest day in terms of daylight hours. 
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