Summer Solstice at Stonehenge

Summer Solstice at Stonehenge
Matt Dunham / AP

Through the Clouds
The crowd cheers as the sun finally breaks through the rain clouds on June 21, 2011. During the solstice, the sun is at its highest point in the sky in the northern hemisphere.

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