The #WinterSolstice will occur in the Northern Hemisphere this Sunday, Dec. 21! Seen from NOAA satellites, Earth’s changing seasons can seem magical — like a snow globe in motion. This time lapse of daily GOES East images captures the shifts from equinox to solstice over the last year. Read more about the solstice: www.bit.ly/4awfF5f #FullDiskFriday | NOAA Satellite and Information Service

Today is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere – one of only two days each year when the sun rises and sets perfectly in line with Nancy Holt’s ‘Sun Tunnels’. 🌅 The seminal work of land art comprises four giant concrete tunnels in the Utah desert. Arranged in an X-formation, the colossal structures weigh 22 tons each – roughly the weight of a few double decker buses. Small, circular holes are cut into the roofs, tracing the pattern of stars in the Draco, Capricorn, Perseus, and Columba