Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Spring equinox

  • 20 March marks the Spring Equinox this year, when the sun rises exactly in the east and remains in the sky for 12 hours, setting directly in the west. Cheapflights.co.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Across much of the United States, this has been an unusually mild winter, especially for those living east of the Mississippi. Not a few people have noted that spring seems to have come early this year.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Across much of the United States, this has been an unusually mild winter, especially for those living east of the Mississippi. Not a few people have noted that spring seems to have come early this year.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Spring has sprung a bit earlier than usual - in fact, its the earliest vernal equinox in over a century.
  • (International Business Times)
  • The search engine's homepage logo has been transformed into a colourful Spring-themed scene of plants and animals to mark March 20 - when day and night are the same length.
  • (Daily Telegraph)
  • ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, today is the day that all things are equal. Day equals night, night's the same span as day, and the new season bursts into bloom like a bold Finnish flower.
  • (Washington Post)
  • If youre looking for a great excuse to spend some time outdoors to celebrate the arrival of spring, go to Hawk Mountains annual Spring Equinox Celebration, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the sanctuary near Kempton.
  • (Allentown Morning Call)
  • But the vernal equinox eliminates any doubt about which season we are in. On March 20 at 1:14 a.m.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Now that the morning fog has burned off in New York, you can appreciate the beautiful spring day. It is not only springlike, as the weather has been for much of the winter, but actual spring.
  • (Examiner)
  • LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- A lot of people Tuesday will try to stand a raw egg on end, believing its easier on the spring equinox than on any other day -- but its not, scientists say.
  • (United Press International)

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