{"id":8750,"date":"2021-06-20T13:02:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T20:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=8750"},"modified":"2021-10-05T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:55:10","slug":"summer-solstice-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=8750","title":{"rendered":"Summer Solstice 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Each year, on the longest day, I take a picture of myself and note that the sun is at the highest point in the sky for that year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6114-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6114-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6114-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6114-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6114-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6114-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6114-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6114-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoenix is at a latitude of 33\u00b0 north meaning that it is about 10\u00b0 away from the tropics and hence the sun is nearly overhead during the summer solstice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also rather warm today. At the time of shooting this the temperature was 111\u00b0F and on previous days it has hit 118\u00b0F. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is our first video in well over a year so we thought that this would be a good time to create another one. Hello everyone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6109-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6109-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6109-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6109-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6109-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6109-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6109-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-6109-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a short video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_55066\"  width=\"700\" height=\"394\"  data-origwidth=\"700\" data-origheight=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H1iqogO-QtY?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, on the longest day, I take a picture of myself and note that the sun is at the highest point in the sky for that year. 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