Hi,
> Are you saying that June 21st is midsummer in the northern latitudes or in general?
>June 21st
> is definately the 1st day of Summer where I come from.
I mention the northern latitudes because of White Nights and the
Midnight Sun. Since few people will have their lights on the protests
will scarcely be visible. Same thing applies to those parts of the
world that don't have much electric light, like the middle of
Australia, Africa and California.
The difference between Midsummer's Day and the summer solstice is explained
by the Royal Observatory Greenwich (my home town) here:
http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/glimpse_cgi/mfs/apps/rog/docs/leaflets?link=http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/leaflets/seasons/equinox.html&file=/apps/rog/docs/leaflets/seasons/equinox.html&line=466#mfs
You may have to paste and join this ridiculously long link.
Midsummer's Day is 24th June. I've always known this because it was my
grandfather's birthday. If June 21st is the 1st day of summer then
summer is precisely 7 days long. Well, that would be a pretty long
summer here in Britain, but for the rest of the world I suspect it's a
little longer than that.
European Summer Time began this year on 25 March. Perhaps it's just
wishful thinking.
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Bob
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