Reporter's Notebook: That summer feeling
The longest day of the year invites endless possibility. But this moment of peak illumination also marks the beginning of the sun's retreat. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson has more.
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The longest day of the year invites endless possibility. But this moment of peak illumination also marks the beginning of the sun's retreat. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson has more.
Summer's official start comes Friday with the summer solstice. Andrew Fraknoi, astronomy professor for the Fromm Institute at the University of San Francisco, joined CBS news to discuss the solstice.
Every year, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument in southern England, to celebrate the summer solstice.
The Just Stop Oil group says two activists "decorated" the ancient Stonehenge monument with "orange powder paint."
And why do the solstices happen, anyway?
Crowds gathered at Stonehenge on Tuesday morning to watch the summer solstice sunrise. The woman who took this video called the experience there the most "magical" night of her life.
It was the first time revelers have been permitted to gather for the solstice since 2019.