Today, 21st December, the sun will set in Orkney at about 3:15pm. This is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. Sunrise on 22nd December will be at about 9:05am.

Today is also extremely windy and our hopes for filming at the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar to celebrate the midwinter may not be happening.

The YouTube channel Westerngeomancy has sent us a link to their capturing of the winter solstice at the Sighthill Stone Circle.

And here is one we made earlier, in 2021, at the Standing Stones of Stenness