Today is the Summer Solstice, when the sun appears highest in the sky because the Earth is tilted at 23.5°.
It will occur approximately at 11:32 am EDT and 8:32 am PDT. Why do I say "approximately"? Because I cannot find, so far, the time to the exact second that the sun reaches its highest point.
Below the Equator, it is the Winter Solstice, and the sun is at its lowest point. For them, July and August are like our January and February, only 3 days longer.
December brides there are the thing, like June brides here. We went to a wedding for friends in Cape Town in December of 2009. It was spring there. At night the moon was "upside down" as was Orion, but the Southern Cross was visible. We had a wonderful time there and it was very beautiful.
Unfortunately, the marriage was doomed before it began. We're still friends with both, less with him, however, but still in touch. She re-married, much more happily, had a son who was VERY sick for a long time, and now is well, and then had twin boys, who are doing fine. He has not re-married, having had two bad marriages, and is always travelling as an executive chef for RC, before that for NCL.
Here, yesterday, it was in the mid-90s, and this morning I woke to 60°. Happy Summer, everyone!
Summer Starts Today (also Winter)
1"Even if the bee could explain to the fly why pollen is better than shit, the fly could never understand."