Its A Beautiful Winter is a photograph by Kay Novy which was uploaded on November 23rd, 2012.
Its A Beautiful Winter
This beautiful winter scene was taken in Petrifying Springs park in Kenosha county, Wisconsin, USA.... more
by Kay Novy
Title
Its A Beautiful Winter
Artist
Kay Novy
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This beautiful winter scene was taken in Petrifying Springs park in Kenosha county, Wisconsin, USA.
The winter solstice is the solstice that occurs in winter. It is the time at which the Sun is appearing at noon at its lowest altitude above the horizon. In the Northern Hemisphere this is the Southern solstice, the time at which the Sun is at its southernmost point in the sky, which usually occurs on December 21 to 22 each year.
More evident from high latitudes, a hemisphere's winter solstice occurs on the shortest day and longest night of the year, when the sun's daily maximum elevation in the sky is the lowest. Since the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, other terms are often used for the day on which it occurs, such as "midwinter", "the longest night", "the shortest day" or ""the first day of winter". The seasonal significance of the winter solstice is in the reversal of the gradual lengthening of nights and shortening of days.
Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied from culture to culture, but most Northern Hemisphere cultures have held a recognition of rebirth, involving holidays, festivals, gatherings, rituals or other celebrations around that time.
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November 23rd, 2012
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Comments (39)
Bob Hislop
v20 beautiful seasonal image, CFC-PIF5
Kay Novy replied:
Oh gee, this is kinda funny,cause I just finished doing 30 of your photos for the ABC group (surprise visit) thing! And I didn't know about this....Thank you so much!
Athala Carole Bruckner
beautiful winter capture.....makes you feel like you are sitting by a fireplace with hot cup of chocolate looking out the window....v/t/Lg+1