Stonehenge | Sunrise at Summer Solstice 2019

Take to the skies and relive 2019's Summer Solstice sunrise with our highlights reel - as you'll see, the weather couldn't have been better!
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[@AlottaBoulchit]

Nice to see the actual sun rising with the monument here unlike in the live stream.

[@maidofthemisty]

i was so upset -_-

[@mallowmallow2070]

I started to tear up watching this. Imagining this much camraderie, this much love all for the same celestial event, celebrating together. It's awesome. How small we are in the scope of the universe. It's scary and humbling and awe inspiring all at the same time.

[@covfefe1787]

stop worshiping the sun the sun is mere light not a holy body you see the sun everyday its not special

[@765respect]

@@covfefe1787 The sun gives us life.

[@andruid5054]

@@covfefe1787 at least we can see it,unlike the Christian God

[@mallowmallow2070]

@@covfefe1787 Thats what you believe- has anyone been to the sun or have we only seen it from far away? Precisely

[@fionaautumn]

@@covfefe1787 There's two types of people in the world, those who can see the beauty of nature, and those who don't

[@RebeckaSarkozy]

Am I one of the few people that look forward to shorter days and dark cozy evenings? :-))

[@andrewholder4539]

Am I one of the few people to notice the beautiful irony of your name? :-)

[@ludwigvanbeethoven5176]

I love that cozy feel of the night and that christmas feeling!(lol and yeah the irony of your last name with this comment 😅😅)

[@hopesprings7812]

I am a winter person too.

[@RebeckaSarkozy]

@@andrewholder4539 LOL...

[@davidpaglia1326]

Yes, I agree!

[@jenniferoneill4943]

I remember a group of us going to Stonehenge in 1962 to see sunrise, awesome 👍🏼much easier then than now. Thank you.

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

A blessed Litha to us all!

[@bunnyrabbitshavehats]

Jeanette Waverly blessed be sister

[@poltergeistjunkie]

Blessed be!

[@davidgledhill]

Great to be there last night but my god it was cold!

[@nmmk9134]

I can't imagine how cold its on winter solstice. I was there 2 years ago for summer solstice. Lucky me i figure out to bring a jacket with me. I am from the Caribbean.

[@JRandallS]

@@nmmk9134 I was at the Rollright Stones on winter solstice a few years ago and the wind was blowing snow up into our faces. The Rollrights are on the hill crest at the boundary of Oxford-shire and Warwickshire I believe.

[@sparkidee]

I was there too, it was warm in the circle and wasnt too bad outside the circle and I was only in a hoodie and bomber jacket with a baseball cap.

[@CosmicLightNetwork]

Happy Solstice may the Goddess be with us all

[@GBOY69GAY]

Happy Midsummer and Summer Solstice 2019 with love everyone and greetings from Northern Europe, from partly arctic Finland! :)

[@poltergeistjunkie]

@Chango Chilemba umm- How is what they said disgusting?

[@ladydyxeaa4790]

Happy Summer Solstice 2019

[@Liofa73]

The first day of summer... Glorious!

[@modlio745]

The summer solstice, or Midsummer, is in the middle of summer..

[@tomriddle9999]

Winter is coming

[@dreadpirateroberts4052]

No.........summer is here.

[@andrewf4623]

Philip Anthony Ocquiola I know right the nights start drawing in now.... depressing

[@Tina06019]

The Wheel turns.

[@tomriddle9999]

@@andrewf4623 out of the 4 seasons, winter is my favorite. 😁

[@ZimVader-0017]

You guys saw it first. When I watched the live stream, it was still midnight here. It was fun seeing the how crowd steadily grew bigger, wish I didn't have to cross an entire ocean to be there. Someday.....

[@RubyReadsTarot]

This is so lovely to watch!! Happy summer solstice everybody 💖

[@dreadpirateroberts4052]

And to you.

[@liriosogno6762]

Happy summer solstice from 2020 😊

[@jaynecooney9549]

You to I’m sitting here at home watching with my granddaughter

[@liamgobindram2926]

The most beautiful part of the UK

[@AuthenticPrestige]

Thank you from California, USA.

[@colinmccarthy7921]

It is marvellous to see.I would say it was the Ancient Aliens who built Stonehenge.

[@trevmac8362]

Happy ☘ Litha ☘ Everyone

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

Bright Blessings to you!

[@hamzahalasadulloh7779]

The music is beautiful. What is it?

[@garlic6127]

I liked this video, but I have to say I was a little disappointed in the Live-Stream, I excpected to see the camera pointed towards the Heel Stone filming the actuall sunrise. Maybe thats not possible idk. I have never been able to see it in person so I was looking forward to it. But hey I appreciated the Live-Stream nonetheless.

[@melissaconnellyjones2622]

I was disappointed too! It was a beautiful view but not at all what I was hoping for. I also wish they had muted the microphone.

[@melissaconnellyjones2622]

This was much better than watching it live via KZbin, which I actually did.

[@rachelball1174]

Thank you so much for this. It is lovely.

[@mileskintnermusic7349]

Greetings. We're in the midst of June Gloom, it's 5:45, so no sunrise for me:(. But this looked spectacular. And the music was lovely:) Happy Summer Solstice:)

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

We won't wait any longer We are stronger than before!

[@paskwal]

Tears in my eyes! ❤

[@daisy8284]

So beautiful!

[@blukatzen]

The Sun has shown blessings upon your land. Happy Solstice!

[@ladyflimflam]

Stayed up late to watch the livestream and was disappointed. I had expected a camera positioned to capture the sun rising over the heel stone. Was there concern that camera position would make people feel like they’ve already experienced solstice at Stonehenge? The number of people allowed to come is SO low that would be hard to imagine. If anything I think it would stoke a viewer’s desire to actually see this in person.

[@maidofthemisty]

agreed, here here! i was waiting like a dope thinking "whats happening? they wouldn't get the angle wrong?" lol -_-

[@Natashahoneypot]

its a disappointment. I saw the real thing years ago as a child and the real experience was amazing.

[@tm502010]

Disappointed. Should have shown the view “from the heel stone.” Coming up right over the appropriate stone. A drone view of crowds is boring and shows nothing special.

[@oNiconter]

thats what I came here for, not drone shots of people standing around...

[@adriancarter825]

Agreed they have not got a clue , I think it’s in the wrong hands .

[@xPadge112x]

I wish we could revert back to this way of life. I doubt we'd all be as nuts if we all worshipped the sun.

[@danielnewton5867]

This is such an important English tradition.

[@lunavolvaforestwitch7217]

Beautiful and magical 💖🌲🍃🌳🌿🍄

[@tygrahof9268]

This site is no longer what it was but still shows the draw of our human willingness to come together as one. That is the draw of ancient sites; being human.

[@23Century__]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful video! I studied in England, but I couldn't go because I was so busy. but I will go within this year.

[@MacTheRipper1]

Stunning!💚 Thank you!!

[@NKKumar-xp9vx]

What a beauty 😍

[@maryannknox7158]

🌞Happy 🌞Summer 🌞Solstice 🌞

[@brianasciak1668]

We are so lucky I had to experience the same in my islands Malta & Gozo w the Megalithic Temples of Imnajdra & Hagar Qim

[@LynseyE]

Love these live streams!

[@bloodbrothertmak1734]

Never been to Stonehenge will go someday tho. I’ve heard some folk say it can be a bit disappointing but there are loads of other structures all over the UK to go and see.

[@MrJimWinter]

I was there and I loved it !

[@EnglishHeritage]

Glad to hear it, Jim!

[@lupusrex2515]

this is amazing!love it everytime,good summer!🤩💜💖☀

[@goatzzTUBE07]

NOW THIS IS CREATIVE CONTENT! :D

[@marca4443]

What helps here is that its really only with an abundance of people there (a gathering) that you get the profound religious meaning it might have held for the people around the time it was built

[@eej1983able]

Yes please

[@federicaramazzotti1891]

Lovely! Seems to be an experience to be done once in life!

[@Evilmiester]

Yeah, they all lined up with the summer solstice. To lead them back home they just went to the sunrise

[@meowler8783]

That is so beautiful 😍

[@rehnumachowdhury3629]

Stunning I hope one day I can see it myself

[@mabo4165]

Wonderful !

[@frederickfulton8784]

Enjoy summer!

[@allgood6760]

We have Stonehenge Aotearoa here in NZ 👍🇳🇿

[@Annakb23]

I was there!

[@correodepatty]

Wow so pretty.

[@magnumpratchett123]

Thank you☮️

[@jahmah519]

In the near future the summer solstice will be the new Christmas day, we will still have December 25th to respect the dark ( this is what it really is & not the birth of Jesus) but this is the time of light & it will be a public holiday. All this will, happen & we will be green efficient

[@berthalloway9953]

Very beautiful. Wish I was there to see!

[@crimsoncoin1461]

I have never saw this site from the air.. Stone Henge looks amazing. A forgotten relic

[@chopin65]

If I could afford it, I would begin all my summers there.

[@andrewholder4539]

The Salisbury Journal did a great piece in the 1980's when the original stones were sold to Japan. The replica castings are identical in every way and when you go there you would never notice the difference. They have weathered just the same.

[@fineline111]

Can you send the link to this article? Why were they sent to Japan?

[@claireclews5298]

I was there, it was awesome. I'd definitely recommend it and hope to go back again. I just checked the website for Summer Solstice 2020 but the site is still closed at the moment. I'm hoping that somehow they'll be open for this year even if it's a socially distanced event.

[@Temptation666]

I always wanted to go see it. To sit in the grass and enjoy the silence. Feeling one with the past and the universe. Unfortunately that is no longer possible. So I wont bother. Stonehenge is no longer on my list of Must see

[@jntaborski]

I wish I could go to Stonehenge one day! Sadly, I live in America.

[@staceyrain7529]

Beautiful 💜

[@justwhenyouthought6119]

My first time today and I didn't think that I went with any expectations but I did not expect what I found. Large banks of spotlights on the way to the stones killed it a bit for me, it would have been great to see it and approach it as it was intended. It was a polished event that did not reflect the natural surroundings or I suspect the natural intentions of this magnificent setting and event. I nor anyone else can show how this was used and it's only my opinion but I think it would have been far more reverential than what I saw last night. And come on, rubbish left all over the stones.......WTF!

[@bettyarel8941]

Wow 😍

[@georginacox3909]

70,000 finds at site. First city in Britain . On Google just now.

[@DSKim-ej5uf]

좋은영상 잘 감상했어요.will surprised?

[@doomgloom8414]

What did they do at Stonehenge? Exactly...hmmmmm🤔

[@gingergorham9112]

So it must be permitted to go right up to the stones during the solstice celebrations? I have been there four times and have never been able to do that.

[@trancehi]

Didn't they build a car park over the older original wooden pillar area?

[@andrewholder4539]

As a keen drone pilot, I have to say the repetitive shots are a bit tedious. There's so much you could have done.

[@klmoll]

I like it

[@mellowfellow4755]

I think they were just probably keeping it well out of people's way

[@andrewholder4539]

@@mellowfellow4755 Yes, agreed, as they should. However, they could've circled around, zoomed etc. all kinds of different shots, not just the crane, repeated several times. It must have been a commercial registered pilot to have the permission, so I would have thought they had more in their creative arsenal.

[@sevenstars9292]

Can anyone answer What are they doing there?

[@napalmspb]

Faik!!)))

[@christophermunn3819]

Shame it is the wrong time of year to be there.

[@rlooply9651]

Oh woooow how beautiful is that and mystical🥰 but how many people are there already lol 😂and not to mention I thought it was forbidden to touch 🤔??

[@lowrispooner2279]

From what I gather you can have access to the. Stones on summer and winter solstice x

[@sarahkittens5818]

I’m pretty sure that thing was a castle 🏰

[@analiseclune2412]

Is there that many people everyday... Like I'm gonna be there in 2021 with my school... I don't want to deal with that many people

[@EnglishHeritage]

Hi Analise. No, Stonehenge is not this busy on a typical day. We operate Managed Open Access during the solstices, meaning that people can enter the stone circle, and thousands attend. Visiting is managed by time-slot on normal opening days, so you won't be too crowded. You can find out more about opening times and booking here: bit.ly/2LOlYFQ

[@Thedoctorlee999]

Fantastic summer solstice it's a shame the police and the council had to spoil it, and even then you have to pay which is ridiculous

[@EnglishHeritage]

We're glad you enjoyed the summer solstice! Open access to Stonehenge during the summer and winter solstices is free, though we do charge for parking. English Heritage is a charity, and every penny generated at our sites works hard to protect and care for the nation’s heritage. The parking charge at Solstice allows us to recover some of the £300,000 that we spend on the Solstice celebrations.

[@ebola8375]

My mother uses to live in the closest town near their.

[@MD-tp4gb]

Amazing video ..but isnt anyone here bothered by this mass of people? I definitely am.

[@kr2sssss]

No views with 8 likes?

[@astroranger5528]

Views don't update automatically.

[@rsmoorhead]

Can anyone tell me what the music is?

[@cozeydaze]

Beautiful video...shame about all the people it's looks crazy! Must of been a good atmosphere though!

[@gabrielanthony2742]

If only we all knew what Stonehenge really looked like before the British tore it all up and reconfigured it.

[@gabrielanthony2742]

@basil fawlty The only ones I have seen are of that very refurbishment. And there are the rumors that it was even moved from its original location. Where did you find the pre reconfigured pics?

[@yellowflower2067]

I can see my house from up here. 😂

[@jpusey8930]

I thought the stones were closed off to the public. Glad to see you are allowed up close to them. I'd like to see them some time.

[@TheNinabebe]

Maravilhoso. Queria usufruir desse momento!

[@ToutCQJM]

It must be horrible to go there to enjoy a wonderful experience and all you see is idiots taking selfies or videos. Ugh

[@flipburger6771]

Wow can smell the weed from here

[@phillipmacdonald]

Disappointing had a uhd projector on a 200' screen for locked in and bubble friends. Who cares about the people it's the stones we anted to see and the alignment not a rock hoppers concert haha!

[@daltonjitner7093]

too many people for me

[@kpvdnber]

Sooo what's the point of this?

[@michaelball93]

The energies of the eternal goddess moving into alignment or something like that. Ask THEM.

[@andruid5054]

to give thanks to the sun for the life it gives us,as without it no life on earth would exist,and to mark its passing as it slowly gets weaker as we head towards the darker part of the year,it has been marked for 1000s of years,although for some there its an excuse to get drunk and stoned,but as a Druid it is so much more

[@torguttormsyvertsen9088]

Spoiled by NOISE

[@andrewholder4539]

I remember the good old days when there were tents for miles around and the smell of marijuana drifting on the breeze!

[@andrewholder4539]

@@firstnamett4656 FFS lighten up. The comment wasn't about Paganism.

[@andrewholder4539]

@@zerotodona1495 Hahaha! I love it.

[@andrewholder4539]

@@zerotodona1495 Having looked at your KZbin channel, it would appear that your particular version of reality is inside a PlayStation. Are you qualified to voice an opinion?

[@andrewholder4539]

@@firstnamett4656 You wouldn't find me anywhere near a church service, as there is no god. And luckily I managed to kick the weed habit 40 years ago :-)

[@765respect]

I envy you, I wish I could have been there for those times. Would have been magical.

[@LadyJ_88]

Would've been so beautiful without all the humans there... lol

[@Natashahoneypot]

You have not shown the way the light comes up. The crowd seems to be in the way of the magic of the light. What is the purpose of this film? It seems to only show how over crowded it is. When I went in the 1970s no-one was allowed up so close and I got to see the sun come up over the stone and magically through the other stones. it was a truly fascinating and spiritual experience . this is just a crowd of oblivious people treading into sacred soil.

[@CindyPaul]

the time I went we weren't allowed to stand in the middle of the stones.

[@EnglishHeritage]

Hi there, we manage open access for both winter and summer solstice so anyone can come along and celebrate the solstice with us. Check our website nearer the time for further information on access during solstice if you're interested in coming along!

[@batchint]

too many tourists

[@batchint]

basil fawlty trying to remember the episode of monty python when a member of the cast got labelled with big tookers.. haha

[@7302ab]

this is nothing compared TO early morning Prayer (fajr). end.

[@truthkeeperfilms]

Nothing better than a morning of sun pagan worship by mindless sheep..