The sun rises following the winter solstice at Stonehenge, England, Dec. 22, 2018. Each year, thousands of people visit to celebrate the summer and winter solstices in and around the stone circle. (U.
Sunrise the morning after the 2018 winter solstice. The alignment with the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset is deliberate and precise — this is what 5,000 years of intention looks like. © U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Madeline Herzog, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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