Jennifer Lynn Bartlett<p>For those who celebrate, may you rejoice in the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/WinterSolstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WinterSolstice</span></a> promise of new days.</p><p>Today at 4:21 AM US EST, the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a> reached its point farthest south of the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/celestialequator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>celestialequator</span></a>, giving the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/northernhemisphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>northernhemisphere</span></a> its shortest daylight period.</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/solstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solstice</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/calendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calendar</span></a> <br>photograph courtesy of birgl via Pixabay</p>