Stonehenge: Ancient Astronomical Observatory, Or Christo's Muse?

 

The Gates 1.0?

The Gates, currently showing in New York's Central Park, seems a bit, well, derivative. Some early humans over in Britain had the idea first, only they used 45 ton boulders instead of orange sheets. (Modern art is so wimpy!)

This seems as good a time as any to write about my visit to Stonehenge on New Year's Eve. Not exactly the Winter Solstice, but we did ensure we arrived in plenty of time to avoid the fall of darkness, which hits southern England around 4:30 in mid-winter. A steady wind on the Salisbury Plain wrapped the cold around us and reminded us we were at 51 degrees latitude, further north than Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.