There are, after all, two solstices in the year, but I suspect the weather rarely cooperates on the Salibury Plain in December. But when it does, whew!
Solstice at Stonehenge
By K. Kris Hirst, About.com Guide
Stonehenge at Winter Solstice 2006
Winter Solstice 2006 at Stonehenge
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Stonehenge is pictured through fog on December 22, 2006 in Salisbury, England. Hundreds of people attended the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge, the cause for a pagan celebration, held on the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
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