There has been some interesting comments about "Solstice" with respect to Length of days. The "Summer" solstice is usually seen as June 21, as the longest day of the year. This issue to the angle of the earth, and the rotation around the sun. the issue here is that the Summer Solstice is also the Shortest Day of the year in Perth Australia. Because that is below the Equatorial line around the earth. So they are in opposition. The 21 of December (The Winter Solstice in Europe, and the americas) is the longest day in Australia and Rio. Which plays a part at the end of the next chapter.