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
The tubes’ openings frame the sunrise and sunset on solstice days, while the perforations admit light onto their interior walls in the pattern of certain constellations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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
The earliest sunrises happen before the summer solstice and the latest sunsets happen after.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Using some vertically plumb object continued . at Alexandria on the day of the solstice, he measured angle a, and therefore angle P, at 7.2 degrees.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Other factors that influence the timing of the solstices include variations in the length of the Earth's orbit, and a wobble in its axis caused by its rotation.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
Any planet that is tilted will have solstices.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
An oval trench with openings oriented toward the summer and winter solstices surrounded several silos, including the one with the three women.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 9, 2024
It effectively spins almost on its side during its orbit, meaning that during the planet's solstices either its north or south pole points almost directly towards the Sun and Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024
The moon grew fat and thin, there were solstices, first frosts, and spring rains.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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