A View of Summer Solstice from Space

This cool image from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite from June 21, 2012 shows the start of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere. More from NASA.

Earth orbits at an angle, so the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun half of the year — this is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. The other half of the year, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, creating winter in the north and summer in the south. Solstices happen twice per year, at the points in Earth’s orbit where this tilt is most pronounced.

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