Photographer Marks Winter Solstice With Stunning Solar Halo
A photographer captured this beautiful solar halo to mark the winter solstice; the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
The Summer Solstice: 24 Photos of 24 Hours in the Longest Day of the Year
For some time now I’ve wanted to do a project which follows the light over this period. The longest day. The shortest night. To sit in one spot and photograph a simple composition of sea and sky as the light changed.
Satellite Time-Lapse Shows the Equinoxes and Solstices from Space
Today is the spring equinox -- one of the two days during the year when night is almost exactly equal to day -- and in good ol' fashioned APOD style, the folks at NASA are helping us understand and visualize this phenomenon by zooming out... waaaaay out.
Cross Photos Showing the First and Last Light of the Winter Solstice
Starting in 2001, photographer Mary Mattingly has created an image every year on the winter solstice -- the day of the year when daylight is shortest -- showing the first light of the day and the last light of the day blended into a single photo. The series is called "First Light / Last Light".