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
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
The earliest sunrises happen before the summer solstice and the latest sunsets happen after.
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
I didn’t know how we were ever going to find the entrance to the Underworld by tomorrow, the summer solstice.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
