As a coincidence, the eclipse fell on the same date as the 2010 winter solstice.
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He goes through the winter solstice, then summer, and guesses the cycle repeats.
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Hogmanay is derived from the winter solstice festival celebrated by the Vikings.
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For the December solstice, Christmas is the most popular holiday to have arisen.
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The last lunar eclipse to happen on the day of the winter solstice was in 1638.
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The first Stonehenge Free Festival was staged during the summer solstice of 1974.
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Solstice is usually celebrated by fires, lights, family and community gatherings.
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The group asked for a quick hearing before the winter solstice, which is Dec. 21.
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Will wishing your boss a happy winter solstice show up on your yearly evaluation?
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Either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
A solstice is an astronomical event that happens twice each year when the Sun's apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes. ...
Solstice is a 2008 American supernatural horror film, directed by Daniel Myrick and co-written by Myrick, Ethan Erwin and Martin Musatov, and starring Hilarie Burton, Shawn Ashmore, Amanda Seyfried, Tyler Hoechlin, Matt O'Leary and Elisabeth Harnois.
Solstice is an album by the American guitarist Ralph Towner that was released on the ECM label in 1975. It features Towner with Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber and Jon Christensen.
Celebrity Solstice is a owned and operated by Celebrity Cruises. She is the largest cruise ship built in Germany., retrieved 2008-09-29 In 2009, this record was surpassed by the Disney Dream, a 128,000-GT cruise ship owned by Disney Cruise Line.
Solstice is an epic doom metal band from England, founded by Rich Walker after the breaking up of his previous hardcore punk / grindcore bands Sore Throat and Warfear. Together with Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus, Solstice is responsible for expanding upon epic doom metal.
Solstice is an American death metal band. They were formed in 1990 and released two albums on Steamhammer Records.
(SOLSTICES) are the autumn and spring seasons when the Sun is farthest from equator i.e. Cancer and Capricorn
Literally "sun still". It refers to the apparent standstill of sunrise and sunset points at midsummer and midwinter. (i) The most southerly and northerly declinations of the Sun. (ii) The date on which the Sun attains its greatest declination.