Summer Solstice

Today is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, meaning that today in the northern hemisphere the sun reaches it's highest point in the sky.  It marks the beginning of summer.  The Maya celebrated the summer solstice (and even the winter solstice) and they built their temples so that the sun would line up with them at the equinoxes.  If you ever get the chance to witness sunrise or sunset on the summer solstice at any of the Maya ruins it is quite the site. 

Starting tomorrow, June 21, 2012, we start to lose daylight hours.  The sun will start to set later and later, by minutes on the clock, until we reach the winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year, and then our days will gradually get longer, for the sun cycle to continuously repeat itself. 

Hope everyone enjoys this longest day of the year!