A Beautiful Sublime Sunday As We Near the Winter Solstice...

Tomorrow will be the winter solstice with the shortest day of the year and then the light starts to return!

To me it is a big turning point and I feel like I made it when I know this is the shortest it will get and the days will only be getting longer from here.

Winter Solstice With the Shortest Day of the Year and the Sun is Low in the Sky

Although this solstice heralds in winter here in the northern hemisphere, we have had some milder temperatures (as compared to the -30 Celsius the other day.) I took advantage of it taking Bruno for a walk up the hill where the sun was sitting low in the sky and the light cloud cover made for some interesting light.

Bruno Coming To Opening at the Hilltop

Light Clouds Give a Filter to the Sun Shining Through the Poplar Trees

Bruno loves going for a run on the hill with his nose to the ground picking up any scents left during the evening. There were plenty of rabbit tracks on the trail up but the hilltop was pretty windswept and bare of any tracks but Bruno's and mine.

Bruno's Nose to the Ground Picking Up Different Scents

Clouded Sun is a Big Globe Shining Above the Snowy Hilltop and Frozen Lake

Snowy Trail Leading to the Sun Which is Low in the Sky

Scene in Black and White Looking Down the Hill to Frozen Lake With Patterns on the Windswept Snow

There was a cool breeze on the hilltop and after Bruno had a few rolls in the snow and a run around the hilltop he was ready to head home to where his breakfast was awaiting him,

Bruno Running Down the Snowy Hill Heading Homeward

At the end of the day the sky was fairly clear but there was a slight bit of color in the sky from the setting sun and the cresent moon was bright in the sky.

Colors of the Sunset at Bend in the Road Between Two Big Spruce Trees

Last of the Colors of the Sunset and Bright Cresent Moon in the Sky Above the Trees

Close Up of Bright Crescent Moon Cradled in the Spruce Bough

Close Up of Orange Tinted Crescent Moon in Dark Sky

Even Closer View of Crescent Moon Showing Details on the Surface

Jupiter and Saturn were suppose to be close to the crescent moon this week but there were to many trees in the southwest where they were suppose to be sitting.

On Monday December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn will be really close to each other — the date of the December solstice. As Jamie Carter commented here they’re going to almost appear to collide to become one super-bright point of light. Jupiter and Saturn will look like a “double planet”
Monday, December 21, 2020 see the “great conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn by looking to the southwestern skies. The ideal time is 45 minutes after sunset - src

Big shout out to @ace108 for running the Beautiful Sunday tag every week supporting the accounts. Also to @c0ff33a for the Sublime Sunday tag for your random Sunday posts!

The photos were taken with my Canon PowerShot SX60 HS.

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