Autumn equinox - first day of fall

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 9/20/12 at 8:24pm

Autumn equinox! Fall begins in the Northern Hemisphere on September 22. The sun is overhead at the equator in its journey south. Days and nights are equal, 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness everywhere. The sun rises due east and sets due west everywhere on earth.

As the Northern Hemisphere tilts away from the sun, the sun appears lower in our sky. The sun's rays hit us less directly, and the top half of the globe cools down.

5 major circles of latitude: Arctic Circle. Tropic of Cancer. Equator. Tropic of Capricorn. Anarctic Circle.

September equinox @ EarthSky [url]http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-autumnal-equinox-of-2012[/url]

[Wynbish]

Posted: 9/20/12 at 8:25pm

Autumn begins in the North, then goes to the South! Autumn must be a whore.

[artscallion]

Posted: 9/20/12 at 8:30pm

She drops her leaves for anyone.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 9/20/12 at 8:31pm

Hope the autumn winds don't blow Africa AND Indonesia, right Jim? That would be whorish.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 9/20/12 at 8:44pm

Jim's mother must have spread her legs to every lousey song writer she came in contact with! In an Oedipal act of defiance…. Jim F*cked a cactus! He is so proud of it, he uses it as hios avatar!

[Huss417]

Posted: 9/20/12 at 9:16pm

Wynbish,

I know people say it all the time but I just truly laughed out loud over your comment. :)

"Autumn begins in the North, then goes to the South! Autumn must be a whore."

Updated On: 9/20/12 at 09:16 PM

[Wynbish]

Posted: 9/20/12 at 9:19pm

Aww thanks! I was inspired.