About Summer Solstice
The summer solstice, also known as midsummer, occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere. For that hemisphere, the summer solstice is when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky and is the day with the longest period of daylight.
Burning Man festival-goers told to conserve food and water
... The festival was founded in June 1986 when Larry Harvey and his friend Jerry Goodell burned a wooden man on Baker Beach in San Francisco to mark the Summer Solstice...
Thousands welcome summer solstice at Stonehenge
...Some 10,000 people have gathered to welcome the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge...
Manhattanhenge: How to see it this year
... It happens about three weeks before and three weeks after the Summer Solstice...
'Fantastic' winter solstice marked at Stonehenge
... The event is thought to be more important in the pagan calendar than the Summer Solstice because it marks the " re-birth" of the sun for the new year...
Stonehenge summer solstice: Thousands welcome back celebrations
...More than 6,000 people have gathered to watch sunrise at Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice...
Summer solstice: The people who drove through the night to see the sunrise
...The first place to see in the Summer Solstice in the UK was Ness Point in Lowestoft...
What is the UV-Index is and why it was able to break UK records?
... We have just passed the Summer Solstice, the sun is high in the sky, says Taylor...
UK weather: Sun safety warning as the UV-plane is tilted to float
... We have just past the Summer Solstice the sun is higher in the sky, he said...
In pictures: Rare solar Eclipse in Asia darkened on the summer solstice
The Eclipse is seen, skywatchers in parts of Asia - such as this woman in Bangkok
Skywatchers in parts of West Africa , the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia , southern China, and Taiwan were treated to a dramatic Eclipse of The Sun .
the photographers will have the photos of the annular Solar Eclipse , also known as ring of Fire where The Moon is between The Earth and The Sun , so that only a thin ring of light visible.
The Eclipse -coinciding with the summer sun - half-ball turning-on of the North the longest day of the year.
Annular eclipses occur every year or two and are visible only on a narrow band of the planet, known as the funds line. This Eclipse lasted just under 90 seconds to the point of maximum duration.
people who don't see hundreds of miles of the center line, the actual Eclipse , but she saw the light drain from The Day .
According to the astronomers, The Eclipse corresponds to the exchange of a 500W lamp, with a 30W bulb.
Here are some of The Best photos.
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Source of news: bbc.com
Summer solstice Photos
