06-24-2014, 08:01 AM
i missed the moon this morning. by the time i got up the sun was already up, and the moon was nowhere to be seen. love those crescent moon rise/sets!
i guess on further thought, 'we' (hawaii) are not pointed directly away from the sun at night during the summer solstice. i've seen some shows recently about the ISS and views from space, as well as the earth from space webcam, that got me really thinking about all of this.
so is there any significance of the summer solstice beyond it being the longest day? are there any stars visible in the northern sky that aren't visible at non-summer times of the year? it seems that the southern sky has way more stars than the northern sky, that's a pretty qualitative assessment though.
i guess on further thought, 'we' (hawaii) are not pointed directly away from the sun at night during the summer solstice. i've seen some shows recently about the ISS and views from space, as well as the earth from space webcam, that got me really thinking about all of this.
so is there any significance of the summer solstice beyond it being the longest day? are there any stars visible in the northern sky that aren't visible at non-summer times of the year? it seems that the southern sky has way more stars than the northern sky, that's a pretty qualitative assessment though.