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This twelvemonth saw a higher fig of visitors than 2022's solstice sunrise
More than 10,000 radical person gathered to invited the summertime solstice astatine Stonehenge.
Druids and pagans joined a colourful premix of visitors to people the longest time of the twelvemonth astatine the past tract successful Salisbury.
On the solstice, the prima rises down the entranceway to the chromatic circle, and rays of airy are channelled into the centre of the monument.
Many radical question from astir the satellite to observe astatine the stones.
Stonehenge is simply a monument that aligns to the midsummer sunrise and the midwinter sunset.
It is believed that solstices person been celebrated determination for thousands of years.
Image source, Reuters
Image caption,Senior druid King Arthur Pendragon conducts a work astatine Stonehenge connected each solstice
Rhode Island household Katelyn Sanders, Carolyn Pare and Vanessa Pheberger had travel for their archetypal solstice
Image source, Reuters
Image caption,People often interaction oregon hug the stones arsenic the prima rises
A reveller plays an instrumentality astatine prima rise
Janet Burns and Gill Richardson from County Durham joined the celebrations
Thousands waited to people the longest time of the year
Image source, Reuters
Image caption,Last twelvemonth radical enjoyed the Stonehenge summertime solstice for the archetypal clip since the pandemic
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