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Google celebrates winter solstice

‘Doodle’ this Saturday marks the first day of winter.

Google celebrated this Saturday the winter solstice through a ‘doodle’ . This is the shortest day of the year that marks the beginning of the colder season.

In the search engine homepage thus arise two hands – Animated -. knitting a glove, which takes the form of the Google logo

In addition to being a garment habitually used this season, also knitting can be an activity associated with winter, when low temperatures make people spend more time at home.

HERE SEE ALL DOODLES ALREADY PUBLISHED

The winter solstice occurs this afternoon at around 17h00, marks the reversal of the logic of reduced exposure to sunlight. Ie, starting this Saturday the days begin to get longer sun.

According to the Lisbon Astronomical Observatory, the sun was born in Lisbon at 7:51 a.m. and will disappear at 17h19. The exact moment of the solstice occurs at 17h11.

The day has its opposite on 21 June, when the summer solstice

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