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
Today, the summer solstice at Stonehenge is the biggest draw, when thousands of people come to witness sunrise at the monument.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 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
Because Earth's axis is tilted relative to its orbit, areas outside the tropics experience one yearly peak in solar radiation near the summer solstice.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
On the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, as the hours crept toward midday, the shadows of temple columns grew shorter.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
