Ever wondered why some days feel endless while others pass in the blink of an eye? This fascinating rhythm of day and night is closely tied to a remarkable event called the solstice. Occurring twice a year, solstices mark the moments when the Sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, resulting the longest and shortest days of the year. There are two solstices each year: the summer solstice and the winter solstice.
Dawn light through frosty trees, Sweden
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA
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Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
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Cenote Nicte-Ha, Tulum, Mexico
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North American beaver, Moran, Wyoming, United States
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Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
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Arched iceberg, western Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean
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Leopard mother grooming her cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana
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Tufted titmouse
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Gujō Hachiman Castle
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Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
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Lavender rows, Plateau de Valensole, Provence, France
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Polar bear cubs
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Baia del Silenzio in Sestri Levante, Italy
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Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
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Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Half-timbered Houses of Freudenberg, Germany
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Rio Grande, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Kalalau Beach on the Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii, United States
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Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada
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Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
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Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy
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Jotunheimen National Park in Norway
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Amur leopard cat, Russia
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Rolling hills of Tuscany, Italy
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Ria de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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Silbury Hill, Wiltshire, England
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Red fox
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Hnausapollur crater lake, Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland
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African elephants, Tanzania
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