(Photos by WSB’s Patrick Sand unless otherwise credited)
About an hour after Winter Solstice 2014, the sun graced NASA Solar System Ambassador Alice Enevoldsen‘s sunset-watch event at Solstice Park tonight, to the joy of skywatchers of all ages!

If you haven’t been to one yet, Alice has been leading solstice/equinox sunset watches for more than five years now:

That includes coaching on what to look for at Solstice Park, planned so the setting sun aligns with certain points in its stone-marked plaza:

Today, just after 4, with the sun’s cooperation, the ~40 in attendance were able to check the solstice-sunset alignment:

(Photo shared by Lori)
And then, the sun made its exit – still warm enough (and dry!) to linger:

Looking ahead, the spring equinox arrives at 3:45 pm our time on March 20th – watch Alice’s website and her “Skies Over West Seattle” reports here for news of the next sunset watch.