As the sun sunk beneath the horizon this evening Monday June 20, night closed on the shortest day of the year for anyone in the Southern Hemisphere and that included the Bazflyers. This astronomical phenomenon is referred to as the Winter Solstice. However, tonight is no ordinary solstice. For the first time since 1967 the solstice coincides with a Full Moon and being exactly on the solstice, this full moon doesn’t just rise as the sun sets but is also exactly opposite the sun.
The sky was perfectly clear for the Bazflyers at Kununurra who were truly privileged to witness this once in a lifetime solstice sun set and full moon rise while floating on the mirror-like surface of Lake Kununurra. We'll have to wait another 46 years before we can see the full moon on the solstice again and somehow the prospect of Bazflyers being around on June 21, 2062 might indeed be an even rarer event.
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