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2. Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge - Wikipedia

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   Stonehenge has an opening in the henge earthwork facing northeast, and suggestions that particular significance was placed by its builders on the solstice and equinox points have followed. For example, the summer solstice Sun rose close to the Heel Stone, and the Sun's first rays shone into the centre of the monument between the horseshoe ...

3. Manhattanhenge - Wikipedia

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   Skaters turn into East 15th St. at Manhattanhenge. The term Manhattanhenge [4] is a reference to Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, which was constructed so that the rising sun, seen from the center of the monument at the time of the summer solstice, aligns with the outer "Heel Stone".

4. Summer solstice - Wikipedia

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   The summer solstice is the day with the longest period of daylight and shortest night of the year in that hemisphere, when the sun is at its highest position in the sky. At either pole there is continuous daylight at the time of its summer solstice. The opposite event is the winter solstice. The summer solstice occurs during the hemisphere's ...

5. Here's Why Stonehenge Is Connected to the Summer Solstice

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   Thousands will gather at the monument on June 21 to watch the solstice sunrise

6. Summer solstice: Everything you need to know about the ...

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   The central axis of Stonehenge was aligned with the sunrise at summer solstice and sunset at winter solstice so that the stones precisely frame the rising and setting sun when days were at their ...

7. Why Stonehenge was ‘ultimately a failure’ in striking new ...

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   Stonehenge may have served a political purpose for prehistoric Britons, research suggests ... 2025 at 12:17 PM. ... People take part in the Winter Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge (AP) ...

8. Stonehenge Free Festival - Wikipedia

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   The Stonehenge Free Festival was a British free festival from ... and culminating with the summer solstice on or ... This page was last edited on 27 February 2025, ...

9. Just Stop Oil protesters cover Stonehenge in orange paint ...

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   Climate protesters have doused Stonehenge in orange paint on the eve of the summer solstice.. Two Just Stop Oil activists began spraying rocks at the ancient site at around midday, just one day ...