Friday, June 21, 2013

Happy Summer Solstice 2013!

To celebrate, here is today's Google doodle.

Summer solstice 2013 - First Day of Summer 2013 Google Doodle - Google celebrates the First Day of Summer 2013 with a funny animated Google Doodle.

The Artwork of the First Day of Summer 2013 Google Doodle was designed by Christoph Niemann.
More about today from National Geographic News.

Summer Solstice 2013: Why It's the First Day of Summer
This year's summer solstice will be followed by the year's largest supermoon.
Ker Than
for National Geographic
Published June 20, 2013
Summer officially begins this week as the summer solstice marks the longest day of the year. For Americans, summer will begin either on Thursday or Friday—depending on which time zone you live in.

That's because the timing of the summer solstice depends on when the sun reaches its farthest point north of the equator, and that varies from year to year.

This year's summer solstice falls on Friday, June 21, at 1:04 a.m. ET, but it will start on Thursday night for places in North America west of the Central Time Zone.

This year's summer solstice also stands out because it will be followed shortly after by the largest "supermoon" of the year. In the early hours of Sunday, June 23, the moon will officially reach its full phase and will be the closest to Earth that it will be all year.
Happy Solstice!

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