First day of summer 2013: Party like it's 13 A.D. (+video)
Google marks the first day of summer 2013 with a summer solstice
doodle. Do you know how ancient civilizations celebrated the
solstice?  By , Contributor    • close     People raise their
hands in celebration during the summer solstice shortly at the
prehistoric Stonehenge monument, near Salisbury, England,
marking the beginning of the longest day of the year.     View
Caption  Attention residents of the Northern Hemisphere:
The first day of summer is here, inaugurated by a summer
solstice Google Doodle that shows an animated wave cascading
over beach-goers clad in swim-caps.   This year, the solstice
officially occurred at 1:04 a.m. Eastern time.    So what
exactly happens at this magical moment? The summer solstice
marks the day that we get the most sunlight.   Recommended: 22
summer salads  The word “solstice” is a combination of the Latin
words, "sol," meaning "sun," and "sisto," meaning "to stand." In
reality, the sun doesn’t stop rotating, but