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Observers in the center of the standing stones can still watch the summer solstice sunrise over the Heel Stone, which stands just outside the main ring of Stonehenge. (Read about pagans' campaign ...

which is summer solstice. Among those at the winter solstice celebrations at Stonehenge were Martin and his son, Oliver. It was Oliver's first time, both at Stonehenge and marking solstice ...

Today, hundreds of people - including Druids - still travel to Stonehenge to celebrate the sunrise on the summer solstice, and the sunset on the winter solstice, and to take part in the same kind ...

Question: How far has the procession of the equinox moved the position of the summer solstice on the horizon since the time Stonehenge was built? ~Raymond Answer: It has moved slightly ...

the days get longer until the summer solstice in June. The solstices are the only occasions when visitors can go right up to the stones at Stonehenge, and thousands are willing to rise before dawn ...

It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge. The only tools the builders ... The stones’ alignment means that on the Summer Solstice the Sun rises directly behind the main entrance to the monument.

Large crowds of Druids, Pagans and tourists gathered at Stonehenge in England to celebrate the summer solstice by watching the sunrise on the longest day of the year. Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty ...

Druids, morris dancers, and pagans gather at Stonehenge to mark the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, with nearly nine hours less daylight than the summer solstice. 'A bittersweet ...

The summer solstice is almost here ... example of this is a yearly pilgrimage to the neolithic stone circle Stonehenge in the UK. Read next ...

The beginning of the summer season in the northern ... at sunrise—as is done at Stonehenge in the U.K., which aligns with the rising Sun on the solstice—but this year there’s a bonus view ...