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Summer Solstice at Stonehenge

stonehenge solstice: Revellers Celebrate Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
People arrive on Salisbury plain at sunset
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
stonehenge solstice: Revellers Celebrate Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
People wait for the midsummer sun to rise over Stonehenge
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
stonehenge solstice: Revellers Celebrate Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
A druid meditates during a solstice sunset service as people gather at the megalithic monument of Stonehenge
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
stonehenge solstice: Revellers Celebrate Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
Druid King Arthur Pendragon conducts a solstice sunset service
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
stonehenge solstice: Revellers Celebrate Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
People in costume gather at sunset to spend the night at Stonehenge
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
stonehenge solstice: Revellers Celebrate Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
A druid looks to the sky at a solstice sunset service
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
stonehenge solstice: Revellers Celebrate Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
A bubble floats past the stone circle at dawn
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
stonehenge solstice: Summer solstice at Stonehenge
The sun rises at Stonehenge
Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
stonehenge solstice: sun rises at Stonehenge
People raise their hands meditating during the summer solstice shortly after 4.52am at Stonehenge
Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
stonehenge solstice: A woman touches one of the standing stones
A woman touches one of the standing stones at Stonehenge
Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
stonehenge solstice: People dance at sunrise
People dance at sunrise
Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
stonehenge solstice: Revellers Celebrate Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
A reveller is ejected by security as the midsummer sun rises
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
stonehenge solstice: Revellers Celebrate Summer Solstice At Stonehenge
Revellers dance in front of the stones as the midsummer sun rises
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
stonehenge solstice: Revellers dance at sunrise
Revellers dance at sunrise
Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
Stonehenge solstice: A visitor to Stonehenge yawns after watching the sunrise
A visitor to Stonehenge yawns after watching the sunrise
Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
Stonehenge solstice: People celebrate as the sun rises
People celebrate as the sun rises
Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images
Stonehenge solstice: Revellers at Stonehenge in Wiltshire
Revellers at Stonehenge in Wiltshire
Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
Stonehenge solstice: Two people embrace as the midsummer sun rises just after dawn
Two people embrace as the midsummer sun rises
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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