You've gotta make the most of the shortest day of the year in Australia -- so why not take your clothes off and go for a nudie run?
That is what a bunch of brave souls in Tasmania did on Monday, June 22, to celebrate the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. The naked dip follows a tradition in places such as Antarctica, where it is a custom to plunge into icy water to welcome the light after the longest night.
In the Northern Hemisphere, residents are celebrating the summer solstice -- the official start of the summer and the longest day of the year. It's a cruel reality.
On last count, 752 people bared their bits to run into the 11 degrees celsius waters of the River Derwent, Tasmania. It was no easy feat, as the outside temperature hit -5 degrees celsius and frost covered the ground. The event coincided with the end of the arts and culture festival Dark Mofo, in Tasmania's capital and Australia's southernmost city of Hobart.
Here's to rebirth and pure thoughts.
