Stone me!
Hundreds gather at historic site to celebrate summer solstice despite soggy conditions.
Druids and revellers gathered at Stonehenge this morning to celebrate
the summer solstice - the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
1. Hundreds flocked to Stonehenge to see the sun rise on the longest day of the year.
The event marks the annual pagan celebration of the sun.
2. The occasion saw weird and wonderful costumes as hundreds of druids make the trip.
3. The historic stones were surrounded by colourfully dressed revellers who blew horns and danced.
4. Druid Tia Daisy, 25, from Seattle, watches revellers at Stonehenge.
5.A druid, name not given, leaves the Stonehenge monument in southern England, during the summer solstice.
6. Jeanne-Marie Aerts (left) and Ellen Aerts (right) both from London share hot chips for breakfast
during the summer solstice at Stonehenge, Wiltshire.
7. A woman hugs a stone pillar at the Stonehenge monument during the summer solstice
8. Typical English summer! Rain failed to dampen spirits at Stonehenge.
9. Show us your moves: People dance in celebration at Stonehenge.
10. A man playing an accordion beneath a costume of torn fabrics leaves the Stonehenge
11. Stonehenge, on the Salisbury Plain about 90 miles south west of London,
was built over three phases between 3,000 B.C. and 1,600 B.C.
12. The site is one of Britain's most popular tourist attractions; more than 750,000 people visit every year.
13. Sound off: A man blows a horn as people gather at the Stonehenge monument
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