Summer solstice 2015: Facts about the longest day of the year

Dressed as Druids, Wiccans, hippies, punks or just as regular tourists, nearly 25,000 people gathered Sunday at Stonehenge on Britain's Salisbury Plain, marking the summer solstice as people have done for thousands of years. The sun rose at 4:52 a.m

METUCHEN — The summer solstice is upon us, meaning the time between sunrise and sunset today will last longer than any other day on the calendar. Optimists in the Northern Hemisphere, which includes New Jersey, are spending this warm and humid 

COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio – A staggering milestone was reached Friday at the fifth annual sunup to sundown golf challenge at Hickory Nut Golf Course. Competing nonstop for 16 hours at the Plain Dealer/Northeast Ohio Media Group Summer Solstice Golf 

Summer solstice began this year with more than 23,000 people attending a ceremony at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. In New York's Times Square, many practiced yoga to celebrate the day. In Bolivia, Aymara Indians celebrated year 5,523 and the 

The annual summer solstice occurs when the sun is at its highest point in the sky and the daylight seems never-ending in the Northern Hemisphere.