In 2021, a the winter of the Northern Hemisphere is taking place December 21. Although it was not as impressive as 2020 the connection between Jupiter and Saturn, the longest night of the year is the biggest change. Cold star begins, and the days gradually lengthen again.
Want to know why this is happening? WIRED spoke with Tansu Daylan, a Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) a postdoctoral partner at MIT, to better understand winter and our relationship with the sun.
To get a glimpse of what is happening in the atmosphere during the winter, start by thinking about the giant glass ball around the Earth, and let’s not ignore the rotation of the earth (which disrupts everything). Says Daylan: “When you look at all three planets, the sun, the sun, and all the other things in our solar system pass through this ecliptic plane.
He said: “As we do this, the sun changes its setting. Denial and climb to the right and the first two axes of the air. “In this picture, the sun is in the extreme south as winter, according to the Northern Hemisphere.”
Winter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere occur when North Pole it tends far away from the sun. The Arctic Circle is in the dark and has the longest night of the year. In the southern hemisphere, the summer solstice coincides with the South Pole facing the sun and the Antarctic Circle. midnight sun.
NASA’s online study of “Basics of Space Flight” has a part of the atmosphere with illustrations for anyone who would enjoy exploring the concept further.
A low sun exposure during the winter will make you dizzy daytime shadow stay exceptionally high. Although important to humans, the solstice has little meaning in the universe.
“The sun is defined by the earth, not all the planets. We combine meaning because the sun is sacred to us, and its position in the atmosphere, such as the work of the year, is very important,” says Daylan. It sets the weather. Throughout the year, it tells us when the seeds will ripen. That is why it is so important to reach the peak of history. ”
From yuzu bath in Japan at You are Raymi’s celebrations in Peru, cultures around the world have a long history of winter celebrations. Contemporary Druids and archaeologists in England continue to build the Stonehenge monument at this time of year. The tastes of the two groups are sometimes intertwined, but they often differ on such issues as the show Human remains found in Stonehenge.
Many winter traditions include using food to bring families and communities together. Kind of mince pie probably eaten at the Stonehenge feast. The Chinese Dongzhi festival is well known tangyuan, a rice porridge that is often filled with sesame black porridge.
Although the holiday is celebrated in early December, St. Lucia in Scandinavia comes from winter. Batala leaves of saffron folded in S-shape and accented with pottery is eaten as part of St. Lucia Day work.