Winter Solstice Harnessing the Power of the Longest Night

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 If you were located in Western Australia at a point near Lake MacKay, 

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The sun will be shining directly overhead,

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and its 6-month southward migration will come to an end 

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and its 6-month southward migration will come to an end 

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With the rays of the sun shining directly on the Tropic of Capricorn.

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 Latitude 23.43-degrees south — at 10:27 p.m. Eastern Time.

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the word "solstice" is derived from sol, the Latin word for "sun

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Middle English speakers shortened solstitium, to solstice in the 14th century.

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