Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Short Night

It is the shortest night of the year, the summer solstice. It is very little darkness outside. We can sleep anyway. 


Humans in Sweden celebrate the summer solstice on the evening of the Friday closest to the solstice. This is a little strange. If you want to celebrate an astronomical event, why don’t celebrate it on the very night it occurs? It has something to do with the human work week, but I still think it is a little strange. 

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