Thousands of sun-worshippers have flocked to Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, as the sun rises on the UK’s longest day of the year.
Around 20,000 people gathered on Sunday morning to the neolithic site, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, to watch sun-up on the year’s longest day to mark the ancient astronomical phenomenon.
Spectators were pictured standing around the monument’s ‘heel stone’ or entrance to witness the 4.52am sunrise, with astronomical solstice itself is expected to occur at 9.24am.
Marking the occasion, visitors put on a purple light display before dawn, and were captured placing their hands on the ancient structure, playing
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