What is the summer solstice?
The summer solstice will be celebrated across the northern hemisphere this week, marking the official start of astronomical summer.
This year, it falls on Sunday 21 June and while we generally think of it as the whole day, it actually happens at a single moment when the hemisphere is tilted at its maximum towards the Sun.
That exact time this year is 09:24 BST.
However, for those in the northern hemisphere, it is generally recognized as the midsummer date with the longest amount of daylight and the shortest period of darkness.
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