Welcome to The Fire Garden: Stonehenge lights up after being transformed into a 'glowing fairytale' of flame to mark London 2012

As the sun set last night, the site was illuminated with fire sculptures and candle-lit paths to mark London 2012
It became a 'glowing fairytale environment' with 'mysterious fiery engines', flaming fire pots and 'cascades of candles'
It was organised by the Salisbury International Arts Festival and created by French arts group Compagnie Carabosse
The arts group said visitors would 'pass between concentric circles of flames' and 'huge fire balls'
The event will run from 9pm to midnight until tomorrow night.

It is better known for being aligned with the rising and setting of the sun but Stonehenge has been transformed into something a lot more fiery.

As the sun set last night, the World Heritage site was illuminated with fire sculptures and candle-lit paths to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The Fire Garden has transformed the ancient site into a 'glowing fairytale environment' with 'mysterious fiery engines', flaming fire pots and 'cascades of candles'

Organised by the Salisbury International Arts Festival, the Wiltshire-based attraction, which runs for three consecutive nights, has been created by French arts group Compagnie Carabosse as part of the London 2012 Festival.

Our thanks to the remarkable Compagnie Carabosse for their beautiful fire garden creations, to English Heritage, with whom we have worked for many years at Stonehenge, for their continued collaboration and to London 2012 for enabling us to bring this idea to flickering life.'

Scientists published new research last month that claimed Stonehenge was built to cement a new East West alliance between the former warring tribes of Britain as the country started to become a United Kingdom after centuries of strife some 5,000-4,500 years ago.
They rejected notions that the monument was prehistoric observatory, a sun temple, a place of healing, or a temple of the ancient druids.
Instead they said it symbolised the ancestors of the various clans inhabiting the area - early farming families - towards the end of the Stone Age, which had been marked by conflict and religious differences.
The site already had special significance for prehistoric Britons because its solstice-aligned Avenue sits upon a series of natural landforms that, by chance, form an axis between the directions of midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset.
Stonehenge had special significance for prehistoric Britons because its solstice-aligned Avenue sits upon a series of natural landforms that, by chance, form an axis between the directions of midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset.
The event will run from 9pm to midnight until tomorrow night.

By Matt Blake - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2171876/London-2012-Stonehenge-transformed-glowing-fairytale-Fire-Garden.html

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