Belay On
Posted 21 December 2018 - 05:02 PM
Today is the big day for us during the holiday season - the Winter Solstice. This is the day we turn the corner and daylight begins to lengthen with the promise of a rebirth and a coming Spring!
Our best to all in the Wander the West family - Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year!
Celebrate and be kind to one another! 
2003 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II 2013 ATC Bobcat SE "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln http://ski3pin.blogspot.com/
Free Range Human
Posted 21 December 2018 - 09:23 PM
I am haunted by waters
C'est la vie
Posted 22 December 2018 - 12:31 AM
Happy Solstice to all.We're into the "down hill slide " toward more sunlight.
Happy holidays to all.Hope for a better year.
Frank
2002 Tundra AC TRD 4WD Limited 2009 ATC Bobcat loaded http://sharychic.blogspot.com/
Ouch, that stings!
Posted 22 December 2018 - 01:55 AM
Senior Member
Posted 22 December 2018 - 02:28 AM
Looking forward to more daylight. Only 11 more weeks until Daylight Saving Time.
Bill Harr 2005 Tundra and a 2013 Hawk custom interior.
The Weatherman
Posted 22 December 2018 - 03:08 AM
Winter solstice: Still daytime in southeast Argentina when it's already nighttime in northwest Canada.
(even though western Canada is about 60° further west than eastern Argentina)
Duh, I know 
... but I think it's cool to see what solstice means in terms of illumination via an actual photo of our planet on that day.
FWC Hawk (2005) on a Ford F250 Supercab, 6.8L V10 gas (2000)
Buffalo Rockface
Posted 22 December 2018 - 03:12 AM
Woohoo!! It is time for the sun to return. Happy Solstice to you all and looking forward to another year of adventures.
2005 Tundra 2013 Ocelot "Ridiculously comfortable"
2021 Tundra 2022 Cougar Shell Built Out "Even more ridiculously comfortable"
Doctor Electric
Posted 22 December 2018 - 04:47 AM
Winter solstice: Still daytime in southeast Argentina when it's already nighttime in northwest Canada.
(even though western Canada is about 60° further west than eastern Argentina)
Duh, I know
That's a cool pic and perspective. The good thing about these dark nights is that the snow cover makes it all nice and bright at night!
The Weatherman
Posted 22 December 2018 - 04:55 AM
That's a cool pic and perspective....
The link(s) to the satellite view(s) are on this post.
It would be better -- easier to understand why and what -- if the image was rotated so that the terminator (the day/night line) was vertical, like this:
Rotated 23.5°, the Earth's tilt with respect to the plane of its orbit around the sun.
But aside from all this nerdy astro stuff...sure, like everybody else, I made a sacrifice to the gods today at the exact moment of solsticity: 2:23 pm PST.
FWC Hawk (2005) on a Ford F250 Supercab, 6.8L V10 gas (2000)
Smokecreek1
Posted 22 December 2018 - 05:02 AM
Had a break from the rain tonight-one of those nice big white full type moons is showing some nice light on us poor humans! Snow later this week ---they say, but a happy solstice and Happy new 
year to all!
Smoke
Edited by Smokecreek1, 22 December 2018 - 05:23 AM.
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