Citizen Science #24 by Jamie Zvirzdin

Energy Demystified: Honoring Light from Stonehenge to Science

Mere days before the winter solstice this year, on December 17th, I had the opportunity to visit Stonehenge with my son and husband. Driving clockwise in roundabouts and on the left-hand side of narrow roads gave my brain a workout, but I could still spare a moment of shock as I crested the top of a hill and saw the lone group of large stones surrounded by fields and sheep. As we walked around Stonehenge, we marveled at the construction and stopped at markers showing the direction of the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset. I noticed stone knobs atop some stones like giant primitive Legos while my husband, likewise amazed, joked about aliens.