Tens of thousands of people gather at Stonehenge, the renowned prehistoric UNESCO world heritage site in southwest England, to celebrate the northern hemisphere's summer solstice at dawn on 21 June 2024. The Neolithic monument, which is thought to have been erected around 2,500 BC, aligns with the rising sun on the morning of the summer solstice, which has drawn revellers to celebrate since prehistoric times.
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00:00For many people, it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but it's such a sacred place.
00:25It means, you can't almost put it into words, it's just awe, wonderment, amazing, and it
00:32just touches the soul.
00:55It's just, it's very peaceful, it's very harmonious, the weather has been incredible.
01:10And there is something about this stretch of landscape which is actually quite mystical
01:14as well.
01:15There's, it always is, and the mist this morning, the way it covered the land, and then the
01:19sunrise broke through it, it was beautiful.
01:39People are generally very, very respectful.
01:53The protest, that felt different.
01:56It was not so much the damage of the stones that I was concerned about, it was the impact
02:00it had on my colleagues, because it's heartbreaking for something like that to happen on your