summer solstice
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The sun reaches the highest point in the sky and therefore its peak strength during June – especially around the summer solstice.
From BBC • May 30, 2025
Yet on the summer solstice, I spotted his SUV at the beach.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
It is composed of sarsens and bluestones, all of them aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstice and sunset on the winter solstice.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2024
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, meaning the day of the year that has the most hours of sunlight.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024
Toward the end of our second day on the train, June 13, eight days before the summer solstice, we passed through spine golden hills and over the Mississippi River into St. Louis.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
