Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
🌅 Everyone’s favorite biannual event is upon us: Scrippshenge! Photographers flock to Scripps Pier to capture the magical moments when the sunset perfectly aligns between the iconic research pier’s pilings. But what’s the science behind this phenomenon?
We caught up with James Day, a Scripps Oceanography geologist and principal investigator of the Scripps Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory, to learn more about what goes on behind the planetary scene to get the stunning, perfectly aligned sunset of Scrippshenge.
Learn more about the Scripps Isotope Geochemistry Lab by heading over to the link in our bio.
Image and video credit: @ErikJepsen and @alexnyeart
🌅 Everyone’s favorite biannual event is upon us: Scrippshenge! Photographers flock to Scripps Pier to capture the magical moments when the sunset perfectly aligns between the iconic research pier’s pilings. But what’s the science behind this phenomenon?
We caught up with James Day, a Scripps Oceanography geologist and principal investigator of the Scripps Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory, to learn more about what goes on behind the planetary scene to get the stunning, perfectly aligned sunset of Scrippshenge.
Learn more about the Scripps Isotope Geochemistry Lab by heading over to the link in our bio.
Image and video credit: @ErikJepsen and @alexnyeart
