Summer Solstice

[bluesboy]

I know solstice is supposed to be the longest day of the year, and that's great and all, but is it also the darkest night of the year? The stars have been really vivid the past few nights. Sometimes I wonder if it's related to weather and dust in the atmosphere. I got to thinking, though, that due to solstice and the tilt of the earth's axis, it's also the time when we are pointed the most 'away' from the sun.

We saw about 5 shooting stars last night in less than a half hour.