wintermute :: photos
Summer Solstice 2005
Spent the day before the Summer Solstice at Avebury, which was full of hippies preparing for that night. Was staying in Salisbury with Stonehenge just up the road so spent the night there with a crowd of 10,000. The only time of the year you can touch the stones; the atmosphere was truely awe-inspiring and I hope the images give some idea of what it was like.
Avebury
another old stone circle, but this one is huge, the village of Avebury sits inside it
Avebury
some of the larger stones from the outer circle
Avebury
Avebury
Stonehenge, Summer Solstice 2005
amazing atmosphere
Stonehenge, Summer Solstice 2005
zoom in to get a better idea of the crowd just amongst the stones
Stonehenge, Summer Solstice 2005
okay this one is really dark as it's sometime after midnight; but zoom in and you can see various shadows; at this stage there's a guy on top of one of the stones too; more amazing atmosphere
Stonehenge, Summer Solstice 2005
starting to get a faint glow on the horizon and people are moving around again
Stonehenge, Summer Solstice 2005
starts to give an idea of the crowd, everyone turned toward the Sun
Stonehenge, Summer Solstice 2005
the payoff
Stonehenge, Summer Solstice 2005
and everyone turns and leaves
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