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A **solstice** is an astronomical event that happens twice each year when the Sun's apparent position in the sky, as viewed from Earth, reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes.


 * June 21 or 22** - The darkest night of the year in the southern hemisphere and the longest day of the year in the north.


 * December 21 or 22** - The darkest night of the year in the northern hemisphere and the longest day of the year in the south.

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[|Archaeoastronomy] [|Winter Solstice] - [|Summer Solstice] [|Seasons - Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy] http://earthsky.org/earth/solstice-tale-of-two-cities http://earthsky.org/human-world/gallery-the-solstice-as-seen-from-stonehenge http://earthsky.org/earth/everything-you-need-to-know-june-solstice http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=52248

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