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2. Summer solstice - Wikipedia

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   The summer solstice is the day with the longest period of daylight and shortest night of the year in that hemisphere, when the sun is at its highest position in the sky. At either pole there is continuous daylight at the time of its summer solstice. The opposite event is the winter solstice. The summer solstice occurs during the hemisphere's ...

3. Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge - Wikipedia

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   Stonehenge has an opening in the henge earthwork facing northeast, and suggestions that particular significance was placed by its builders on the solstice and equinox points have followed. For example, the summer solstice Sun rose close to the Heel Stone, and the Sun's first rays shone into the centre of the monument between the horseshoe ...

4. Here's Why Stonehenge Is Connected to the Summer Solstice

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   Thousands will gather at the monument on June 21 to watch the solstice sunrise

5. Attic calendar - Wikipedia

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   The year was meant to begin with the first sighting of the new moon after the summer solstice. Ideally, the solstice would occur toward the end of Skirophorion, the final month of the year. The new year would then begin on the day after the first sliver of the new moon was seen (or presumed to be seen).

6. Antlers and fancy dress: Stonehenge welcomes 8,000 visitors ...

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   Druids, pagans, hippies, local residents and tourists, many clad in an array of colorful costumes and even antlers, stayed and celebrated at Stonehenge for the night and greeted sunrise on ...

7. It's the summer solstice! Here's what you need to know — and ...

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   This year, the summer solstice begins on June 20, 2024, in the Northern Hemisphere. However, it’s the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where June 20, 2024, actually marks their shortest day ...