A pleasant, coolish and wet summer ends today when our tilted planet moves to equilibrium and fall begins at 4:44pm EDT. At that time, the sun will be directly over Earth's equator and for the next 6 months will shine directly somewhere over the southern tropics. The sun will shine for the first time in 6 months at the south pole and darkness will descend for same time span upon the north pole. Day and night should be about equal all over the planet today but we actually get a little more light than dark because of Earth's atmosphere bending our star's light so that star, the sun, actually "rises" and "sets" earlier and later than it really does. The sun did rise in the East this morning and will set in the West tonight. For the fall and winter it will rise in the southeast and set in the southwest. Today is the day to mark or build your own little Stonehenge to mark East/West. Just a thought...
It is lovely today in central Va, get out and enjoy today on Earth.
