What happens during the winter solstice?

The winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere occurs around December 21st. But why is winter in the Northern Hemisphere colder than the Southern Hemisphere, even though the Earth is closer to the sun.
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[@Yunche17]

Had to watch this since Winter Solstice is approaching, and I still don’t understand it.

[@TheAbdi9312]

Littlewing6was9 it’s not

[@Yunche17]

A’Aden Nur still don’t understand it lol

[@TheAbdi9312]

Yvng J It’s basically something which happens every 20 years. What makes it even more significant is this one is the last one in this age, and that’s like hundreds of years in between each other. I’m new to this too lol, this is just what I leaned so far. Supposedly next age is Aquarius and the sun will drastically change along with the world. End times stuff

[@Yunche17]

A’Aden Nur oh ok preciate it

[@jim.....]

@@TheAbdi9312 every 20 years? the winter and summer solstice happens every year... the winter solstice is the day with the least amount of daylight and the summer solstice is the day with the most daylight.. you are probably referring to some astrology malarky to do with the twelve houses of the zodiac. stop watching so many conspiracy vids on youtube.

[@hessaa.9472]

My birthday is on winter solstice!!

[@snowfault1684]

Cool

[@thatgirlayo02]

Me too

[@jenniferhecatefaith8933]

Happy birthday

[@hshzzzz]

Hey! Happy Birthday 🎂

[@snowfault1684]

Happy birthday

[@AJ_Leo9]

beautiful explanation 👍👍

[@TheViolinLadyMusic]

Awsome illustration 🙏🌻

[@elmahdi100]

majestic music with the great event it almost moved my tears

[@dagmarkunzel5406]

Winter Solstice 2019 is in Germany on 13.22. at 05:19.

[@chrissearles8305]

Very nice, thank you -- esp the super important factoid at very end...

[@novianovioTV]

Finally I know. Thanks. Age 61

[@kernowkidcornwallisacountr9657]

Thank you . HAPPY SOLTICE

[@bettyottman1718]

Longest night of the year.

[@ragnirani3208]

THX

[@BeckettSong]

The North Pole is dark for twenty four hours but not Utqiagvik(Barrow), Alaska which has Civilian(Civil) sunset during solar noon. The sun remains below the horizon until sunrise in mid to late January. 0:12

[@deepeshbasnet1974]

what's the name of this music???

[@pratimahota5538]

Wow very interesting and nice exclamation also😇😇

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

down under 6pm dark winter 8pm still bright summer

[@argentum530]

Four twenty seven pm here in California Pacific Time, Happy Solstice all and looking forward to an interesting 2024...

[@sumohit7882]

Very nice explained..by d video shuold have been bit slow

[@pauldavenport6466]

Does anyone know what this music track is please?

[@Ankur33Goyal]

awesome

[@gpietra]

It does not explain what winter solstice is in details

[@ameliadiaz8040]

In the southern hemisphere, however it's its summer solstice.

[@novaprime5976]

People from near equator don't get it.

[@donkeyyballss]

I was scared at first but now I’m not lol

[@godzilko]

What a cosmic chance we are?!?!

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

some time 6am it bright and 6am still dark

[@mikebanks4602]

Saturn and Jupiter will come close around same time so maybe something cool will happen

[@Chazbug]

Ohh that’s make sense

[@showstopas]

cool!

[@harmonyrosyaj5397]

What will happen in South? Is it gonna have a long night?

[@josiahtejeros4896]

Yes, we're going to witness the sun will rise at 8 in the morning tomorrow

[@gv8916]

Oooooooh, exciting

[@5sos-dontstopthevamps-rest679]

Josiah Tejeros totoo ba?

[@kevinscholes]

What does the sun appear to be still for 3 days??

[@dalecarpenter8828]

Is the loud annoy noise( music) a youtube requirement

[@activesuper4227]

I guess there's another one in December?

[@yadielrivera2463]

Yes in the 21 I was scared but this video gave me a relief

[@activesuper4227]

@@yadielrivera2463 we had one already so I wasn't really scared in the first place

[@lc285]

you show earth globe spinning left to right? Clockwise. When viewed from off planet, it supposedly rotates, right to left, or counterclockwise?

[@Littlewing6was9]

That's the narrative, yes. Anticlockwise at 1000mph

[@DrCrabfingers]

'Viewed off planet'.....just trying to wrap my puny mind around that. Earth rotates in an easterly direction...it's why the sun comes up in the East and sets in the West...wherever you are. If you are viewing Earth from the Northern Pole....the planet is moving counter-clockwise. If you are viewing Earth from the Southern Pole the planet is moving clock-wise. Viewed from a distant point Earth would spin from left to right upon its axis whilst also moving in an orbit around the star at the core of the solar system...therefore clock-wise or anti clock-wise depends upon ones position relative to the Earth's poles.

[@DrCrabfingers]

@@Littlewing6was9 No. On both regards. Both the speed, and your comparison to a clock is incorrect. Speed is relative. The speed of the Earth's rotation is different at the equator compared to the poles....relative to a third point. The third point would see enormously more surface area pass by in 24hrs at the equator than the surface area of the poles in the same time period. Clock-wise or anti-clockwise is dependant upon the observers view relative to the axis of revolution. At the equator the speed of the Earth is 1670 km/hr (1037miles/hr).

[@conorfields506]

Give this to bbc and theyl stretch this information over 1 or 2 hours of non sense

[@mystupidfacebook]

bday 11/22/91... Winter solstice.

[@skittles80]

Is it bad if it is im sad

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

stonehendge light straight through first moring mean 3 flat level sun door oinner out the back light it once time leviling

[@bianxa.o_o]

Tomorrow's the winter solstice

[@theonlysai6419]

Who else came to the video on the winter solstice 2020?

[@tetrisdanser]

2023 - I'm from your future

[@thiccdddad75]

Only relevant if you live in the northern hemisphere, for the southern hemisphere it's the hottest

[@josiahtejeros4896]

In philippines tomorrow, the sun will rise at 8 in the morning

[@5sos-dontstopthevamps-rest679]

Josiah Tejeros hala seryoso

[@josiahtejeros4896]

Ayon sa pagasa

[@thegreatrandomchannel338]

It’s 6 am

[@BladesAcademy]

Science is beautiful.

[@kellydangler2954]

All I got short day long night

[@shubhangimondhe6571]

Why does my geography teacher always sends this type of videos😤😤

[@genesis8550]

❤❤❤

[@cakeebwoahh_]

MAMAAAA IM SCAREDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@opkmr5808]

.....

[@davidagiel8130]

The sun appears to die (stop moving south) for three days then rises from the dead (begins to return north)… and someone decided to make a religion out of it.

[@tawnikitari]

What religion is that??

[@davidagiel8130]

@@tawnikitari Christianity and every other religion with a trinity

[@johnsondoeboy2772]

Jordan Maxwell taught you well

[@davidagiel8130]

@@johnsondoeboy2772 to be fair it's not just Jordan, although he talks the most about astro-theology, and they didn't just came up with this, it's ancient mythology, the monomyth, and even nasa backed it up.

[@johnsondoeboy2772]

@@davidagiel8130 I’m well aware. Just poking fun.

[@richgreene5946]

Oh, I thought it was cause I drive a car.

[@pragyathakur3436]

Earth is weird!

[@amalvazhakalil]

എപ്പോ രാത്രി ആകും 😂😂😂?

[@asoroush2807]

nonsense solstice=sol (sun) , stice (stop)

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

no the sun is larger any tilt angle istill 180 degreed top -bottom same or not much it shoud be shorter then how u know it tilt that way?

[@somethingsweet4131]

n o n e w z e l a n d

[@debbiecrankin]

Couldn’t afford a narrator? ☠️

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

hi-low power

[@kushseti8842]

where the fake dec 25th christmas holiday comes from

[@shouryasuryawanshi_5c_nis648]

😑Boring

[@HondaFife]

I didn’t know that. Really fascinating! Thanks!

[@stephencriddleproperparano9159]

I catch all the Paranormal there

[@yadielrivera2463]

For real like i thought something bad was gonna happen