Trapped in the Deep

Earlier today it was the longest day of the year because the Earth's rotation axis is tilted at 23.5° and is always pointing towards the star called Polaris, this means the north side of the Earth is leaning towards the sun for 6 months and away from the sun the rest of the year. It was during this long day that I learned that an exploration submarine called Oceangate Titan was trapped in the deep ocean. 

There are five people on board and at the time of writing this post, they had about 1 day of oxygen left to keep them alive. A representative of the United States Coast guards was explaining the difficulties of rescuing the crew. 

He explained how the ocean is vast and their equipment is limited. The crew were alive but they can't be removed from the submarine in the deep ocean because they would be crushed by the water pressure and it may be too difficult to raise the submarine before they run out of oxygen. 

I hope they can rescue them before their air runs out. 

Shortest day

Yesterday was the shortest day of the year in the UK. The sun went down at around 15:30 and the little daylight that we did have was obscured by the clouds. There was very little light at all the whole day.

From this day forward until mid summer next year the days will slowly get longer than the previous day.