Gary oliver

Charge Nurse

[Titania @TitaniasRealm]

Midsummer Eve (1908) by Edward Robert Hughes

[Titania @TitaniasRealm]

A magical summer solstice procession

🎨 Nikita Chan

[Met Office @metoffice]

It's a fine and dry weekend for many, and we'd like to see your weather photos 📸

We love this from @FunkyAppleTree taken in London🌛

You can send them on here using #LoveUKWeather, or you can email us through [email protected]

[Stonehenge U.K @ST0NEHENGE]

Stonehenge Summer Solstice Celebration 2026 🙏❤️

[𝙃𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚 @thorneh]

The Lowbury Hill drovers track, descending into Berkshire with the North Hampshire Downs on the horizon.

[Matt Edwards @Matedwards7]

The pretty little All Saints Church at Ulting in Essex that stands picturesquely on the banks of the River Chelmer. Sadly locked most of the time, something I was already aware of thanks to the Essex Churches website run by @SimoninSuffolk
#SteepleSaturday

[Stonehenge U.K @ST0NEHENGE]

Last night's crescent moon and Venus shining brightly over Stonehenge 🌙🪐✨ Photo credit Nick Bull 🙏
#Venus #moon #crescentmoon #solstice #stonehenge #astro #astrophotography #StarsEverywhere #starseverywhereシ #nightsky #nightskyphotography #June

[NASA @NASA]

Summer, summer, summertime ☀️

June 21 is the summer solstice for folks north of the Equator. This is when the Northern Hemisphere reaches its maximum tilt toward the Sun and has its longest stretch of daylight all year. https://t.co/LmLttEnj9Y

[Matt Edwards @Matedwards7]

Came across this place today, the Cats Pub near Woodham Walters in Essex. Set on its own, the idyllic garden borders fields of crops like something out of a period drama. Was so tempted but sadly I had a timed visit lined up for my next destination. One to return to.

[Hubble @NASAHubble]

It's a galactic group hang!

Called CL0016+1609, this image shows two clusters of galaxies merging together, drawn in by gravity.

Hubble's data sheds light on the distribution of dark matter – the invisible "scaffolding" of our universe: https://t.co/9zvkf6iUnf

[Matt Edwards @Matedwards7]

Before the heat.
#Essex

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Other work by the Ladybird artists.
‘How Scenery Reveals the Nature of Soil’ (1949)
Artist: SR Badmin

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Ladybird book in the spotlight
‘The Night Sky’ (1965)

Artist: Robert Ayton

[NASA @NASA]

Super! 💫

Data from @chandraxray has uncovered possible remains of a supernova in the middle of our Milky Way galaxy. If confirmed, this supernova piece would be one of the closest to our galaxy’s central black hole that we have ever found. https://t.co/gI5TfSJ45E

[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

#OTD in 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in space. She flew aboard Vostok 6 and completed nearly 50 orbits of the Earth during the approximately three days she spent in space.

[NASA Universe @NASAUniverse]

These stars took sibling rivalry to the next level! Our Fermi telescope found two supernova remnants that are likely the debris from a stellar pair where one star exploded, sending the other hurtling through space … and then it blew up too: https://t.co/l0ZG8K9mhH #AAS248

[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

Before Amelia Earhart flew herself across the Atlantic, she made history as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger on #TDIH in 1928. Learn more about Earhart's flying career: https://t.co/JgYnwKNf1H

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Other work by the Ladybird artists, 1958
‘June’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

On the 21st day of its mission in Mars's north polar region, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander used its scoop OTD in 2008 to reveal lumps of white ice under the surface of the rusty soil.

Scientists watched how the ice sublimed over 4 days, concluding that it was likely water ice.

[𝙃𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚 @thorneh]

Woodborough Hill, Wiltshire. It's name comes from the Old English "Wodebeorg", meaning (unsurprisingly) "wooded hill." It is situated on a medieval route between Devizes and Marlborough and is easy to access from the village below. Photo taken yesterday.