Aymara Indigenous people hold up their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight in celebration of the Andean New Year 5533 marking the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, in El ...

Chileans got dressed up for a Gay Pride parade, cricket players from Australia and West Indies faced off on the Caribbean ...

People are marking the start of the winter and summer solstices across the globe. North of the equator, celebrations welcome ...

Thousands gathered at Stonehenge on Saturday as they greeted the sun with cheers and applause to mark the winter solstice. Those who observed the spectacle at the neolithic monument in Wiltshire ...

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE greeted the dawn with cheers and applause at Stonehenge this morning as they marked the winter solstice. Those who observed the spectacle at the neolithic monument in Wiltshire ...

DULUTH — While Saturday is the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year in terms of sunlight, it had a spectacular start with sea smoke sightings in the morning. There have already been ...

Saturday is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Benjamin Liss / dpa/AFP via Getty Images Saturday is the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

Ceremonies have been held across the UK and Ireland to mark the winter solstice. December 21 is the shortest day and longest night of the year, with London experiencing seven hours and 49 minutes ...

A composite series of images show the progression of the total lunar eclipse in Dallas on Dec. 21, 2010, as the full moon fell on the date of the winter solstice. According to a NASA, while it was ...

Hazel Evans, 4, crawls through a light tunnel as people celebrated Winter Solstice by traveling around the 2.5-kilometer Mize Loop at Kincaid Park during the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage ...