Subj : Daily APOD Report
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From : Alan Ianson
Date : Sun Jun 20 2021 00:26:12

                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2021 June 20

                      Sunrise Solstice over Stonehenge
             Image Credit & Copyright: Max Alexander, STFC, SPL

   Explanation: Today the Sun reaches its northernmost point in planet
   Earth's sky. Called a solstice, many cultures mark this date as a
   change of seasons -- from spring to summer in Earth's Northern
   Hemisphere and from fall to winter in Earth's Southern Hemisphere.
   Precisely, the single time of solstice occurs today for some parts of
   the world, but tomorrow for other regions. The featured image was taken
   during the week of the 2008 summer solstice at Stonehenge in United
   Kingdom, and captures a picturesque sunrise involving fog, trees,
   clouds, stones placed about 4,500 years ago, and a 4.5 billion year old
   large glowing orb. Even given the precession of the Earth's rotational
   axis over the millennia, the Sun continues to rise over Stonehenge in
   an astronomically significant way.

                   Tomorrow's picture: the tadpole's tale
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