The morning of this Thursday, June 20, tropical storm ‘Alberto’ made landfall in Veracruz, later heading to San Luis Potosí. Due to this fact, within the early morning and a part of the day, there can be rain in Durango, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas.
This identical day there’s additionally an vital change: spring ends. In accordance with the Nationwide Autonomous College of Mexico (UNAM), the summer time solstice begins at 2:50 p.m.
This would be the longest day of the 12 months, with a daylight period of 13 hours. The time period “solstice” comes from Latin and means “nonetheless solar.” It’s because it looks as if the Solar shouldn’t be shifting within the sky nowadays.
Why is June 20 the longest day of the 12 months?
Julieta Fierro Gossman, researcher on the UNAM Institute of Astronomy, explains that the Earth rotates on its axis with an inclination that causes the seasons.
All year long, totally different components of the Earth obtain the Solar’s rays instantly. For instance, when the north pole is tilted in direction of the Solar, it’s summer time within the northern hemisphere, whereas on the south pole it’s winter. Quite the opposite, when the southern hemisphere is tilted in direction of the Solar, it’s summer time there and within the north it’s winter.
The phenomenon happens when the Solar is nearer or additional away from one of many Earth’s hemispheres, growing the size of the day in a single a part of the planet and reducing it within the different, the astronomer defined.
Throughout nowadays, it appears as if the Solar doesn’t transfer from the sky, remaining fastened in direction of the north. In winter, one thing comparable occurs, which is why it’s known as the winter solstice, and each happen in June and December.
All year long, there are two days wherein the size of day and evening is equal, that’s, 12 hours. As of late are known as equinoxes and at all times happen in March and September.
What’s the that means of the solstices in different cultures?
All nice cultures have a good time the day of the solstice with particular festivals. For instance, in Iceland, the Solar illuminates its territory at evening, permitting individuals to go to the glaciers at midnight.
At Stonehenge, one of many oldest archaeological websites on the planet, the Solar rises or units behind particular sculptures, drawing crowds of vacationers to witness the spectacle.
In Sweden, a cross adorned with flowers is made to have a good time summer time, when vegetation start to develop and the chilly of winter has handed. In Puerto Rico, individuals swim at evening as a result of the ocean is cool.
In Mexico, it’s custom to go to an important Mesoamerican archaeological websites, from Teotihuacán to Chichén Itzá.
With info from Gaceta UNAM.
