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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Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, United States
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Letters Square Roundabout, Manaus, Brazil
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Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France
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Iguazú Falls, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
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Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Tokyo at sunrise, Japan
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Red fox father and kit, Washington, USA
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Polar bear mother and cubs
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Jaswant Thada and Mehrangarh Fort, India
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Adélie penguins, Antarctica
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Tea plantation near Munnar, India
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Copper Falls State Park, Wisconsin, USA
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Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti, Georgia
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Poinsettia flower
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Banggai cardinalfish
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Heidelberg on the river Neckar, Germany
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Two guanacos, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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Seceda, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy
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Berlin Cathedral and Museum Island, Berlin, Germany
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Guanacos, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
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Blue Spring, Te Waihou Walkway, New Zealand
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Evening over Göreme, Cappadocia, Türkiye
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Shi Shi Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
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Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
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Great white egret, Hungary
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Saguaro National Park, Arizona, United State
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Toledo, Spain
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Rice terraces of Mù Cang Chải, Yên Bái province, Vietnam
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Coral reef in the Indian Ocean, Mayotte, France
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Maldives
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