Today marks the winter solstice. This means the North Pole has reached the maximum tilt away from the sun, and we will experience the shortest day of the year. Montana lies on the 45th Parallel North, which equates to the sun being visible for only 8 hours and 46 minutes on this day. By contrast, this latitude provides a visible sun for 15 hours and 37 minutes during the summer solstice. This is pretty weird stuff for Desiree, given that she lived most of her life near the 10th Parallel North—scarcely off the equator—where the days and nights are very close to equal in length for the entire year. Interestingly, Desiree struggles more with summer’s late evening sun than winter’s early darkness.
The Winter Sun (January 13, 2015)
—Mitchell
Hegman
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