London (AP) – As the sun rises on Saturday on the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, a crowd exploded in cheering in Stone where ancient monument in south of England has allocated summer solstice over thousands of years.

The orange ball ridges the northeast horizon behind the heel stone, the entrance to the stone circle and shone its radius of light at the center of one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the world. Solstica is one of several occasions every year when visitors are allowed to walk between stones, which are otherwise surrounded.

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About 25,000 Sun lovers and other discoverers, including Druids, pagans, hippies, locals and tourists, appeared, according to Heritage English operating the site. More than 400,000 others around the world watched a living flow.

“This morning was a joyful and peaceful case with the rising sun rising,” said Richard Dewdney, head of operations in Stonehenge. “Fantastic it is fantastic to see Stonehenge continuing to fascinate and tie people.”

Stonehenge was built in phases 5,000 years ago on the flat lands of Salisbury Plain approximately 75 miles (120 kilometers) south -west of London. The Unique Stone Circle was raised in the late Neolithic period about 2,500 BC BC

Some of the so -called bluestones are known to have come from Hills Preseli in southwestern Wales, nearly 150 miles (240 kilometers) away, and Stone altar was recently discovered To come from Northern Scotland, about 460 miles (740 kilometers) away.

The meaning of the site is strongly debated. Theories range from it being a crowning place for the Danish kings, a druid temple, a cult center for healing, or an astronomical computer for predicting solar eclipses and events.

The most accepted interpretation is that it was a temple associated with sun movements – perfectly lining up with summer and winter solstices.