VERONICA PEDROSA, CNN ANCHOR: Thousands of revelers in England celebrated the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, at the prehistoric Stonehenge structure. Kortia Cruchmar has that.</s>KORTIA CRUCHMAR, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As the longest day broke over Salisbury Plain, 40,000 people stood among the stones. A low band of cloud blocks the first rays of sun, which would have shown straight through one of the specially aligned arches. Minutes later, the effect was dazzling. Among the crowds, some druids and pagans, but others were there for fun; all of them grateful for the rare opportunity to celebrate midsummer's day at Stonehenge.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's been really peaceful, hasn't it. It's been really nice. I'm so pleased it's been like this. It's been a really lovely night.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just all come together; the feeling in circle itself is just immense, really.</s>CRUCHMAR: It's only the second year in a row that the public has been allowed anywhere near the prehistoric monument. A four-mile exclusion zone was set up in the 1980s after violent clashes between police and revelers, And While some defied a ban on climbing the stones, once again, the sensitive police and policy paid off. There were just five arrests for minor drug offenses, and police praised the good-nature crowd, boding well for future celebrations. Kortia Cruchmar, ITN.
Thousands of Revelers Celebrate Summer Solstice at Stonehenge