Early tomorrow morning the northern hemisphere begins its tilt back toward the sun, marking the start of winter in our part of the world and slowly leading to longer days.
Because the Earth tilts as it orbits around the sun, the northern hemisphere leans farthest away from the sun, making the solstice —derived from the Latin words sol (sun) and sistere (stand still) — the shortest day of the year and the first official day of winter.
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