Lights in nearby Amesbury set low-hanging clouds aglow, and the standing stones turn otherworldly beneath a burning sky. But their surfaces bear witness to homely labor: Topping the tallest stone, once part of a trilithon, is a tenon—half of a mortise-and-tenon joint borrowed from woodworking.

See more photographs from the June 2008 feature story "Stonehenge."

埃姆斯伯里旁的光线使得低沉的云层发红，矗立的巨石在燃烧的云朵下散发出超凡脱俗的光彩。不过它们的外表验证着普通的劳作：曾经是巨石牌坊一部分的那根最高的石柱，其实是一个“榫头”——借用木工行业中榫眼与榫头铆接技术的一部分。
更多照片参见2008年6月专题报道《史前巨石柱》一文。
摄影者：肯·盖格