Jun 21, 2014

If there’s one thing you can count on every change of season, it’s that revelers, spiritualists and tourists will gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.

: Revellers perform yoga as they celebrate the summer solstice on Salisbury Plain in southern England June 21, 2014. Stonehenge is a celebrated venue of festivities during the summer solstice – the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere – and it attracts thousands of revellers, spiritualists and tourists. Druids, a pagan religious order dating back to Celtic Britain, believe Stonehenge was a centre of spiritualism more than 2,000 years ago. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty

: Revellers take part in incantations during a sunset ceremony as they prepare to celebrate tomorrow’s summer solstice at the Stonehenge monument on Salisbury Plain in southern England June 20, 2014. Druids and revellers make the annual pilgrimage to the site to celebrate the longest day of the year. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

: Revellers arrive to celebrate tomorrow’s summer solstice at the Stonehenge monument on Salisbury Plain in southern England June 20, 2014. Druids and revellers make the annual pilgrimage to the site to celebrate the longest day of the year. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

: Revellers perform yoga as they celebrate the summer solstice on Salisbury Plain, in southern England June 21, 2014. Stonehenge is a celebrated venue of festivities during the summer solstice – the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere – and it attracts thousands of revellers, spiritualists and tourists. Druids, a pagan religious order dating back to Celtic Britain, believe Stonehenge was a centre of spiritualism more than 2,000 years ago.(Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

: Revellers celebrate the summer solstice on Salisbury Plain in southern England June 21, 2014. Stonehenge is a celebrated venue of festivities during the summer solstice – the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere – and it attracts thousands of revellers, spiritualists and tourists. Druids, a pagan religious order dating back to Celtic Britain, believe Stonehenge was a centre of spiritualism more than 2,000 years ago. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

: Revellers dressed in Aztec costume celebrate the summer solstice on Salisbury Plain in southern England June 21, 2014. Stonehenge is a celebrated venue of festivities during the summer solstice – the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere – and it attracts thousands of revellers, spiritualists and tourists. Druids, a pagan religious order dating back to Celtic Britain, believe Stonehenge was a centre of spiritualism more than 2,000 years ago. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

: Revellers celebrate the summer solstice on Salisbury Plain in southern England June 21, 2014. Stonehenge is a celebrated venue of festivities during the summer solstice – the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere – and it attracts thousands of revellers, spiritualists and tourists. Druids, a pagan religious order dating back to Celtic Britain, believe Stonehenge was a centre of spiritualism more than 2,000 years ago. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

: A reveller blows bubbles as she celebrates the summer solstice on Salisbury Plain in southern England June 21, 2014. Stonehenge is a celebrated venue of festivities during the summer solstice – the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere – and it attracts thousands of revellers, spiritualists and tourists. Druids, a pagan religious order dating back to Celtic Britain, believe Stonehenge was a centre of spiritualism more than 2,000 years ago. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

: A reveler called Mad Alan celebrates the 2014 summer solstice, the longest day of the year, at sunrise at the prehistoric monument Stonehenge, near Amesbury in Southern England, on June 21, 2014. The festival, which dates back thousands of years, celebrates the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation. Modern druids and people gather at the landmark Stonehenge every year to see the sun rise on the first morning of summer. (Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty Images

: A reveler called Mad Alan (real name) celebrates with his grandson Tobias (up) as the sun rises at the prehistoric monument Stonehenge, near Amesbury in Southern England, on June 21, 2014 marking the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. The festival, which dates back thousands of years, celebrates the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation. Modern druids and people gather at the landmark Stonehenge every year to see the sun rise on the first morning of summer. (Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty Images)

: People prepare for the summer solstice dawn celebrations as druids, pagans and revellers gathered the night before the Summer Solstice sunrise at Stonehenge on June 20, 2014 in Wiltshire, England. A sunny forecast brought thousands of revellers to the 5,000 year old stone circle in Wiltshire to see the sunrise on the Summer Solstice dawn. The solstice sunrise marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Getty Images)

: People gather to watch the Summer Solstice sunrise at Stonehenge on June 21, 2014 in Wiltshire, England. A sunny forecast brought thousands of revellers to the 5,000 year old stone circle in Wiltshire to see the sunrise on the Summer Solstice dawn. The solstice sunrise marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Getty Images)

: Mad Al and his gradson take part in the summer solstice dawn celebrations after druids, pagans and revellers gathered for the Summer Solstice sunrise at Stonehenge on June 21, 2014 in Wiltshire, England. A sunny forecast brought thousands of revellers to the 5,000 year old stone circle in Wiltshire to see the sunrise on the Summer Solstice dawn. The solstice sunrise marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Getty Images)

Celebrating the summer solstice at Stonehenge, once again

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