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Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Bamibor: 8:06pm On Jun 20, 2020
It's been dusk here since 4pm with heavy rains to boot. undecided
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by illicit(m): 8:08pm On Jun 20, 2020
Alright
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Olarewaju89: 8:10pm On Jun 20, 2020
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ChizzyBuna:
[s]Waiting for our daddy @Righteous
To come and spew bibilical jargon[/s]
Were you raised up by human being?

How can you say a man of God is spew biblical jargon...?

Pls try and reconcile with your creator so that your generation will not suffer it.

Thanks.

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Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by meobizy(f): 8:10pm On Jun 20, 2020
Solar eclipse that rain will fall, the clouds will become too dark for me to see it or I may sleep through the event, is that one solar eclipse?
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by FlordFlorez(m): 8:10pm On Jun 20, 2020
2020 sha, this year is like a century on its own. The longest year so far. Alot of things have happened in the space of 6months. I pray the 2nd half of this year will be nice of humanity at large.
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by BetterPoison: 8:10pm On Jun 20, 2020
jubrilELsudan:
MORE HOURS TO FVCK AND SHOOT MY HOT CUM IN HER MOUTH.
why are you doing this bro

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Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Hndrrxxx(m): 8:11pm On Jun 20, 2020
Fake shyt
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Jeffyblaq(m): 8:11pm On Jun 20, 2020
Yo kno wat!

Folks all ova no longer hav a feeling for a thin



Nuthin matters anymore!
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by bigpsalmmy: 8:11pm On Jun 20, 2020
Wow interesting read
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by K4daniel: 8:12pm On Jun 20, 2020
Are u people God...science get wahala. Wetin go come happen.Lol.
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by FahBuLous: 8:12pm On Jun 20, 2020
Abegi, Today is one of the fastest days I have ever seen....

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Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by wetmenow: 8:12pm On Jun 20, 2020
Today was just same as yesterday . nothing special
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by FahBuLous: 8:13pm On Jun 20, 2020
BetterPoison:
why are you doing this bro
. Lol, this question weak me

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Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Oizee(f): 8:13pm On Jun 20, 2020
BetterPoison:
why are you doing this bro
bro ke? U too respect am

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Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Ebubenwa042(m): 8:14pm On Jun 20, 2020
ChizzyBuna:
Waiting for our daddy @Righteous
To come and spew bibilical jargon
it is only God that can help. So Bible is now jargons. May God forgive you

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Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Femeto: 8:14pm On Jun 20, 2020
Nothing dey visible for Nigeria.
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by FahBuLous: 8:16pm On Jun 20, 2020
jubrilELsudan:
MORE HOURS TO FVCK AND SHOOT MY HOT CUM IN HER MOUTH.
.
God loves you... He really does...

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Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Kennydoc(m): 8:16pm On Jun 20, 2020
Shoodboi:
Today (June 20, 2020), is the longest day of the year

Source: I wrote this myself with reference from https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-summer-summer-solstice and https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2020-june-21


You tried, but a little correction is that summer solstice is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere. The reverse will be the case on Winter Solstice on December 21st.
In terms of midnight sun, that happens for 6 months (from March 21st to September 23rd) in the North Pole. In the Arctic Circle, it will only happen on Summer Solstice.

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Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Christian07(m): 8:16pm On Jun 20, 2020
How today take long I no notice am oo
Make we dey see watin go happen tomorrow

Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Glink2018(m): 8:16pm On Jun 20, 2020
Lie lie Mohammed son
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Iceberg3: 8:17pm On Jun 20, 2020
I wonder how cnhdd structures will understand this grin
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Myer(m): 8:18pm On Jun 20, 2020
Shoodboi:
Today (June 20, 2020), is the longest day of the year

For those who have been following the weather (especially children who play a lot, adults who fast, and Muslims who pray around 7 in the evening), you may have noticed that dusk comes much later, and lasts for longer.

(Dusk is the period of brief daylight after the sun has set. It marks the boundary between evening and night.)

Everywhere becomes dark around 7:30 pm or even much later, instead of around a few minutes to seven as it used to be in the past (at least, here in Lagos).

This is happening because we are close to the summer solstice, and in fact, today, June 20, 2020, is the summer solstice.


What does Summer Solstice mean?

As you should know, the earth revolves around the sun. However, the earth is not completely round and neither is its orbit round the sun.

The earth’s orbit is elliptical, which makes the distance between the earth and the sun vary throughout the year.

The earth itself is a bit flat at the north and south poles, which makes its side bulge out like a balloon that is about to burst.

The result is that, once a year, the earth positions itself such that the sun appears at its highest position in the sky in the northern part of the earth.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11770370_seasonsearthorbitlarge_jpege2f41ba12e676f12b7278da9ea47baa1
The summer solstice is on the left.

That day is called the Summer Solstice and is usually between June 20 and 22 every year.

However, that moment in 2020 falls on 5:44 pm EDT on June 20 (today). For us in Nigeria, that is 10:44 pm WAT (West African Time).


What happens on the Summer Solstice?

The summer solstice is always the longest day and shortest night of the year. This means we will enjoy more daylight today than on any other day of the year.

People living at the northernmost and southernmost parts of the earth will even enjoy 24 hours of sunlight throughout the day.

The summer solstice also marks the beginning of the summer season in the northern hemisphere (the northern half of the earth).

However, the reverse will happen in the southern hemisphere (the southern half of the earth) where the sun will be at its lowest point, making the summer solstice the beginning of the winter season in the Southern hemisphere.


What about the solar eclipse?

Lucky for us, this year’s solstice will coincide with a very rare solstice solar eclipse that will last from 4:45 am to 9:34 am on June 21. (The next solstice solar eclipse will only come around on June 21, 2039.)

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11770369_download_pngc26be60cfd1ba40772b5ac48b95ab19b
The eclipse will look like the photo above. That is the moon covering the sun with the thin "ring of fire" line visible.

Tomorrow’s eclipse will be visible from some parts of Africa and Asia.

People living in Congo, Ethiopia, and China will see the eclipse, and so will people living in northern India, southern Pakistan, and the Central African Republic.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11770368_screenshot3_jpeg96647f10afbbedde0709206e8c8ff91a
The eclipse will be most visible in the area that is orange in color.

Unfortunately, it appears that it will not be visible from Nigeria.


Source: I wrote this myself with reference from https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-summer-summer-solstice and https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2020-june-21


Well, thanks to the rainy day, it makes no difference in Lagos, Nigeria.
Dusk started at 4:30 PM. Meaning we actually had longer night than day.

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Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by jericco1(m): 8:21pm On Jun 20, 2020
I didn't notice shid undecided
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Austin1805(m): 8:22pm On Jun 20, 2020
Olarewaju89:
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Were you raised up by human being?

How can you say a man of God is spew biblical jargon...?

Pls try and reconcile with your creator so that your generation will not suffer it.

Thanks.
What concerns his generation on this matter?
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by davidtemi(m): 8:24pm On Jun 20, 2020
The day was faster before my arsenal match, but slower after d match shocked sad it should end fast abeg
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by NwaIgboBoy(m): 8:26pm On Jun 20, 2020
is Buhari aware of all this ... ?
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Lexicon123: 8:26pm On Jun 20, 2020
On the contrary, 4pm today looked like 8pm. It was like we swapped weather with UK today.
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by cryptotech: 8:29pm On Jun 20, 2020
Amotekun777:


It means the sun will shine more than darkness for the most part of the day. The sun would set later than it's normal hour.

we call it longer day Shorter night, back then in geography class.

what did u expect wen the useless current education system remove geography from ssce as optional instead of compulsory for all as in dose days..dey useless and remove biology, that why the present day teenage kids engage in indiscriminate sex without common sense...and got no scientific knowledge.
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by LaReinaa(f): 8:30pm On Jun 20, 2020
I didn’t read everything but you’re right, today seems longer
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Gbogbowa: 8:30pm On Jun 20, 2020
This happened already I think yesterday or day before and my wife took the pix but I thought it was something else

Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Nobody: 8:32pm On Jun 20, 2020
ChizzyBuna:
Waiting for our daddy @Righteous
To come and spew bibilical jargon
Lol....you Sabi that wacko guy. grin
Re: Today Is The Longest Day Of The Year And There Will Be A Solar Eclipse Tomorrow by Olarewaju89: 8:32pm On Jun 20, 2020
Austin1805:
What concerns his generation on this matter?

Why are we still suffering from our for father's sins?

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