Summer Solstice 2024 LIVE | Thousands Mark Summer Solstice In Annual Celebration In Stonehenge |N18G

Summer Solstice 2024 LIVE | Thousands Mark Summer Solstice In Annual Celebration In Stonehenge |N18G The first official day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, which is also the longest day of the year, is a quite obvious reason for celebrations, but for one landmark specifically, it is a huge event. From yesterday and through this morning, 8,000 people gathered at Stonehenge, the iconic prehistoric stone circle located in southern England which is also a UNESCO-protected world heritage site. The motivation is simple: celebrate the sun on its most important day in a place that, according to the English Heritage, a charity managing several historic sites, is said to have served as a coronation site, a druid temple, or an astronomical computer for solar events and eclipses. The most commonly accepted interpretation, though, “is that of a prehistoric temple aligned with the movements of the sun,“ Source-Reuters #summersolstice #stonehenge #cnnnews18 #englishnewslive #news18liv