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</html><description>As of 11:48pmEST Monday night, the gradual decline into darkness reached its nadir for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, and from this morning on the days get longer. Colder and nastier and presumably snowier, at least for those of us in New England, but longer! If you can&#x2019;t be at Newgrange, Nazca, or &hellip;</description><thumbnail_url>https://balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tunchiswatching.jpg</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>2048</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>1536</thumbnail_height></oembed>
