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PHOTOS: Throwback to Summer Solstice and the Midnight Sun on June 21, in pictures

Summer Solstice is also referred to as Midsummer, First Day of Summer, June solstice (in the Northern Hemisphere) and the longest day of the year. This phenomenon occurs twice a year, once in the Northern Hemisphere (between June 20-22, depending on the year and time zone) and once in the Southern Hemisphere (between Dec 20-23).

Published on: Jun 23, 2020 3:18 PM IST

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Three-year old Anna May Byrne plays in a field of wild flowers on Dublin's northside, Ireland, as the sun shines on this years summer solstice, Saturday June 20, 2020. (AP/Brian Lawless)

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Three-year old Anna May Byrne plays in a field of wild flowers on Dublin's northside, Ireland, as the sun shines on this years summer solstice, Saturday June 20, 2020. (AP/Brian Lawless)

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Arthur Uther Pendragon, left, and visitors turn to face the direction of the rising sun next to the closed Stonehenge as people gather to celebrate the dawn of the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice, near Salisbury, England, Sunday June 21, 2020. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

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Arthur Uther Pendragon, left, and visitors turn to face the direction of the rising sun next to the closed Stonehenge as people gather to celebrate the dawn of the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice, near Salisbury, England, Sunday June 21, 2020. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

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FILE - In this Sunday, June 21, 2015 file photo, the sun rises as thousands of revellers gather at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)

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FILE - In this Sunday, June 21, 2015 file photo, the sun rises as thousands of revellers gather at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)

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People are seen hiking along a new northern side trail of the Saana fell at the border area between Finland and Norway, in Enonteki', northern Finland, in the night between Sunday and early Monday June 22, 2020. Sunday June 21 marked the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, as in the northernmost parts of Finland the midnight sun does not set below the horizon. (Otto Ponto/Lehtikuva via AP)

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People are seen hiking along a new northern side trail of the Saana fell at the border area between Finland and Norway, in Enonteki', northern Finland, in the night between Sunday and early Monday June 22, 2020. Sunday June 21 marked the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, as in the northernmost parts of Finland the midnight sun does not set below the horizon. (Otto Ponto/Lehtikuva via AP)

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The midnight sun lights up the eastern slope of the Little Malla fell behind the Kilpisj'rvi Lake, at the border area between Finland and Norway, in Enonteki', northern Finland, in the night between Sunday and early Monday June 22, 2020. (Otto Ponto/Lehtikuva via AP)

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The midnight sun lights up the eastern slope of the Little Malla fell behind the Kilpisj'rvi Lake, at the border area between Finland and Norway, in Enonteki', northern Finland, in the night between Sunday and early Monday June 22, 2020. (Otto Ponto/Lehtikuva via AP)

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The midnight sun shines at the border area between Finland and Norway, in Enonteki', northern Finland, in the night between Sunday and early Monday June 22, 2020. Sunday June 21 marked the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, as in the northernmost parts of Finland the midnight sun does not set below the horizon. (Otto Ponto/Lehtikuva via AP)

Published on Jun 23, 2020 3:18 PM

The midnight sun shines at the border area between Finland and Norway, in Enonteki', northern Finland, in the night between Sunday and early Monday June 22, 2020. Sunday June 21 marked the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, as in the northernmost parts of Finland the midnight sun does not set below the horizon. (Otto Ponto/Lehtikuva via AP)

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Two women take photos as the sun sets on Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year at the public park Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, June 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Two women take photos as the sun sets on Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year at the public park Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, June 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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People sit outside as the sun sets on Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year at the public park Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, June 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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People sit outside as the sun sets on Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year at the public park Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, June 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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A woman paddles across the Landwehrkanal during sunset on Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, June 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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A woman paddles across the Landwehrkanal during sunset on Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, June 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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An Archdruid performs a ritual near to the cordoned off Stonehenge as a small group of people gathered to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, Sunday, June 21, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has prevented druids, pagans and partygoers from watching the sun rise at Stonehenge to mark the summer solstice. The ancient stone circle usually draws thousands of people to mark the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. But Britain has banned mass gatherings as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. English Heritage, the body that oversees Stonehenge, livestreamed the sunrise instead. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

Published on Jun 23, 2020 3:18 PM

An Archdruid performs a ritual near to the cordoned off Stonehenge as a small group of people gathered to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, Sunday, June 21, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has prevented druids, pagans and partygoers from watching the sun rise at Stonehenge to mark the summer solstice. The ancient stone circle usually draws thousands of people to mark the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. But Britain has banned mass gatherings as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. English Heritage, the body that oversees Stonehenge, livestreamed the sunrise instead. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

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People shield from the rain next to the closed Stonehenge as people gather to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, Sunday June 21, 2020. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

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People shield from the rain next to the closed Stonehenge as people gather to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, Sunday June 21, 2020. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

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People gather as some shield from the rain next to the closed Stonehenge, to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, Sunday June 21, 2020. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

Published on Jun 23, 2020 3:18 PM

People gather as some shield from the rain next to the closed Stonehenge, to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, Sunday June 21, 2020. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

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