This 30-second video of the Summer Solstice sunrise at Stonehenge is breathtaking
More than 10,000 people gathered at Stonehenge in England to watch the sunrise on the longest day of the year.
The English Heritage organisation opened the national monument to the public on the first official day of summer, giving people the rare chance to experience it up close.
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People arrived before dawn to watch the sunrise at Stonehenge, which might have been an ancient place of worship during the summer solstice for thousands of years, according to English Heritage.
The organisation tweeted a sped-up version of this morning's sunrise and its beauty in 30 seconds.
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The solstice occurs twice a year -- during winter and summer -- and marks the period when Earth's axis is most tilted toward, or away, from the sun. In the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice happens on Dec. 21 and marks the shortest period of daylight in the year, while the summer solstice lands on June 21. In the southern hemisphere, it's the opposite.
It's believed that Stonehenge was built in alignment with the movements of the sun.
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Happy summer solstice!
