Summer Solstice

Jun 20, 2024 19:00

Summer solstice will be celebrated from 7pm on Thursday 20th June to 8am on Friday

Two campaigners from Just Stop Oil-a British environmental activist group focused on human warming-caused climate change by spraying two of
the monoliths at around 11:00 a.m BST on Wednesday, Jun. 19 and were likely sponsored by Forbes magazine as a publicity stunt for green deal investors via



Two protestors from Just Stop Oil spraying Stonehenge in orange powder paint on Jun. 19, 2024



Revellers await sunrise at dawn during the summer Solstice (mid-summer and longest day)

Major lunar standstill that happens every 18.6 years to light up Stonehenge on summer solstice also known as a "lunastice"



During the event, the tilts of both the Earth and the moon are at their maximum and will overlap with the summer solstice on Friday night in the northern hemisphere. A hypothesis has been around for 60 years that part of Stonehenge aligns with moonrise and moonset during a major lunar standstill, a mystery that could be solved this solstice.

dr. π (pi)
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archeology, solstice, summer of love

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