WEBVTT

00:02.769 --> 00:04.270 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
HAPPY NEW YEAR STAR GAZERS!

00:04.371 --> 00:05.505 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5%
CONFUSED?

00:05.605 --> 00:08.908 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15%
THIS WEEK IS THE VERNAL EQUINOX: SPRING HAS
SPRUNG!

00:09.009 --> 00:12.879 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20%
WE CALL SPRING, SPRING BECAUSE LEAVES LITERALLY
SPRING FORTH AT THIS TIME OF YEAR -- AS OPPOSED

00:12.979 --> 00:15.281 align:left position:87.5% line:89% size:2.5%
TO FALL WHEN THEY LITERALLY FALL.

00:15.382 --> 00:18.418 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15%
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THIS WEEK WOULD HAVE
SEEN US ALL CELEBRATING THE START OF A NEW

00:18.518 --> 00:20.020 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
YEAR AND VERNAL EQUINOX.

00:20.120 --> 00:23.456 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20%
IT MAKES SENSE, SPRING MEANS REBIRTH, FERTILITY,
NEW LIFE

00:23.556 --> 00:25.291 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
LITERALLY A NEW YEAR!

00:25.392 --> 00:29.996 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5%
BUT THEN THE ROMAN EMPIRE DECIDED TO COPY
THE EGYPTIAN CALENDAR, ADD A NUMBER OF DAYS

00:30.096 --> 00:33.900 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15%
TO CELEBRATE ROMAN EMPERORS AND START A NEW
YEAR ON JANUARY FIRST.

00:34.000 --> 00:36.870 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5%
THE ENGLISH ADOPTED THIS CALENDAR IN SEVENTEEN
FIFTY TWO (1752).

00:36.970 --> 00:38.738 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
THINK ABOUT THAT.

00:38.838 --> 00:41.708 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5%
WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS A YOUNG BRITISH
OFFICER HE WOULD CELEBRATE NEW YEAR THIS WEEK,

00:41.808 --> 00:42.876 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

00:42.976 --> 00:44.778 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
COOL RIGHT?

00:44.878 --> 00:47.447 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15%
ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE, GET OUTSIDE
AND ENJOY THE EQUAL PARTS DAY AND NIGHT, WHILE

00:47.547 --> 00:51.547 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
YOU KEEP LOOKIN UP!