Any spot is a good one to toast the solstice, but down at the local with a few
friends and a raised glass, as I did this evening, is probably the best.

Eight days and counting,

Asher
--- m donner <maxivan82@...> wrote:

> http://www.infoplease.com/spot/solstice.html
>
> with multiseasonal greetings to all from atop 2003 north
>
>
> that is
> assuming 1910 universal time equals 1210pm in bp message board time
> etc
> etc
>
> & admittedly this try would have been much better coming from the tropic of
> cancer
> or perhaps from the arctic circle
> at their intersection with w long 122d30m
> the meridian of local high noon at this particular solstice
> & thus the absolute high point of this our northern solar year
> actually occurring in the above cases somewhere in the pacific ocean & in
> great bear lake respectively
>
> or maybe from stonehenge would have been better
> or the great pyramid
> etc etc
> for those who prefer culture to nature
>
> or yikes the north polar webcam itself
> at simultaneous high noon & high midnight
>
> yes that might be hard to beat
>
> but it is difficult indeed to fix on the unequivocal maxipoint in such a
> case
> & i trust home sweet cream hill here will do in a pinch
> as would anywhere else
> until improved upon
>
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