Summer Solstice Sunrise

The nights will start drawing in from today in the northern hemisphere. For the science of the summer solstice and why the soltice, longest day, sunrise is today, and not tomorrow for mystics and druids I refer you to the Greenwich Royal Observatory's website !

Oh my get pushed was to depict something serene- so a trip to my happy place at 04.30 seemd appropriate.(Please ignore exif data, seems camera clock still set to winter time)

Can somebody explain to me how the Just Stop Oil vandals got to Stonehenge? I cannot believe they walked there, wearing their hand made, home-woven flax clothes and sandals (not cotton or cork as they would require a container ship or a 'plane to import in). Hypocritical, selfish, radicalised idiots. (Rant over, have a lovely day all! PoJ to follow at the end of the day.....)

Pocketful of joy today - the photo album I did for my friends' 40th Wedding Anniversary arrived, and I'm right chuffed with it.

[JackieR]

@dkbarnett Here you go Delwyn, your nights are going to start getting shorter I believe?

[Tia]

Beautiful sun flare. Interesting narrative and yes I agree with your rant!

[Casablanca]

I cannot tell you what I think of those destructive eco idiots in polite enough language.....

This is a beauty of a shot and very nice for Summer Solstice

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[Nigel Rogers]

Fab shot, great rant!!

[Brian]

Beautiful capture.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wow great sunburst

[narayani]

Lovely shot. I’m with you about the b****y activists 😫

[katy]

FAV beautiful sunflare in your photo. Interesting information about the solstice also I had no idea that it was a moment in time and not the whole day.

I don’t understand what your rant is about except in the most general of terms. At any rate, I feel like it was good of you to be able to get it off your chest! And feel like I would agree with you.

[Joanne Diochon]

Hard to believe we are on the downside of length of days. The older I get the faster every year seems to go.

[Anne]

Fabulous capture of this moment in time.
Boo to the shortening days.
Words fail as far as these vandals are concerned 😟

[Merrelyn]

I was horrified and furious when I saw it on tonight's news. How dare they!!!! BTW it's a lovely image :)

[Monica]

What!!!! We've bee cheated of a long day! Great shot, anyway

[JackieR]

@monicac no, its just today and not tomorrow
@merrelyn i'm livid, and do they go to prison, no!
@365anne yup, me too
@gardencat i agree
@grammyn that was new to me too
@narayani selfish gits
@365projectorgchristine it was nice to watch it rise
@briaan many thanks
@nigelrogers sometimes just got to rant
@joansmor it was better in real life
@casablanca i'll be to bed early tonight
@tiaj1402 thank you Tia

[Susan Klassen]

Great capture!

[Rob Z]

Super shot

[Kathy]

Dang. You got up that early to take a photo. You are a devoted photographer. You got a beautiful result too for your efforts.

[Annie-Sue]

I got up accidentally, not too far after sunrise, so have a pic with some colour - but hats off to you for deliberately getting out there!

I too have wondered how far these people are living true to their beliefs.

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful capture, especially for the day of the summer solstice.

[Junan Heath]

Gorgeous shot!

[Dorothy]

Wonderful shot and rant!

[Delwyn Barnett]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Great effort Jackie to get up so early for the sunrise. Well done. It certainly is a peaceful scene and I love the sunburst. Yes we did have our longest night / shortest day on Thursday. I celebrated with some friends by doing a mid-winter dip. :-)