Wiltshire, England PHOTOGRAPH BY REUBEN WU
Stonehenge, built
some 5,000 years ago
in southern England,
first underwent con-
servation work in
1901 after one of the
sarsens and its lintel
fell—a concern for pub-
lic safety. Preservation
in September involved
repairing cracks and
repacking joints with
mortar to stabilize the
stones and protect
them from erosion.Two months earlier, a
judge had ruled that
plans to move the nearby
highway underground
to reduce traffic and
noise were unlawful,
suspending a project
many archaeologists
worried would destroy
undiscovered artifacts.
Photographer Reuben
Wu layered 11 exposures
taken over 30 minutes
to create the lighting
effects in this image.