Get set for the 2014 summer solstice! The longest day of the year arrives on Saturday, June 21 at 6:51 a.m. EDT. The occasion brings celebrations across the Northern Hemisphere, from Swedes who wear wreaths and dance around maypoles to modern-day
This weekend marks the summer solstice, the official start of summer which means warm weather festivals, outdoor movie screenings and blockbuster outdoor events — which are all on tap for this weekend. (Photo by M.
For us Northern Hemisphere folks, the summer solstice arrives on Saturday, June 21, at 6:51 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (that'll be 5:51 a.m. Central and 3:51 a.m. Pacific). While there's nothing quite like Stonehenge on the Eastern Seaboard, the
Performers participate in a pre-hispanic dance to celebrate the beginning of the Summer Solstice during the inauguration of a museum at the archaeological site of Tak'Alik A'Baj in Retalhuleu, some 124 miles from Guatemala City on June 21, 2012. Reuters.
The 2014 summer solstice, the longest day of the year, begins this Saturday, June 21 at 3:51 am PDT. Instead of treating this as just another natural phenomenon that comes and goes, places all over the world are taking advantage of the longest day of