by Richie Lasrado

Mangalore, Jun 21: Does it feel that the time does not fleet today, Wednesday, June 21?

Is there sort of some ennui bothering us on this day?

If it is so, maybe because it is the longest day of the year for us, the inhabitants of the northern hemisphere. It is the summer solstice when the sun is farthest north in our hemisphere.

Here the sun rose at 6-07 am on Wedneday and is scheduled to set at 6-58 pm. But in Delhi the sunrise was at 5-24 am and the sunset will be at 7-22 pm!

Because of their proximity to the Tropic of Cancer, places like Ujjain, Burdwan, Durgapur and Ranchi will have very short shadows under the sun. Because the rays of the sun will be perpendicular to the Tropic of Cancer at 23°30' North latitude.

Images from the Internet

On this day, the earth's "circle of illumination" will be from the Arctic Circle on the far side of the earth (in relation to the sun) to the Antarctic Circle on the near side of the earth.

The equator receives twelve hours of daylight, there's 24 hours of daylight at the North Pole and areas north of 66°30' N, and there's 24 hours of darkness at the South Pole and areas south of 66°30' S.

Felt more bored to read this not-so-immediately-helpful-but-absolutely free information?

On the longest day the year, what better than saying, "So long!"