summer solstice
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Visions of those possibilities were realized on the summer solstice in mid-June at L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The monument is a focus for summer solstice celebrations, to mark the longest day of the year, which took place on 21 June this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
On the summer solstice the northern hemisphere is tilted most directly toward the Sun, and the Sun appears directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Midsummer Day, a celebration of the summer solstice in Sweden, lands on June 20—the same day Sweden takes on the Netherlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The entire structure is oriented toward the exact point at which the sun rises on the day of the summer solstice.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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