Two environmental activists sprinkled the rocks of Stonehenge with orange paint on Wednesday. Their timing is no accident, their promotion was adjusted to Thursday's summer solstice. They came up with a specific demand, their plan is for the governments to agree on a plan to end the extraction and burning of petroleum, natural gas and coal by 2030.

The action was carried out by members of the group fighting against the use of fossil fuels at the ancient cultic memorial site in southern England, M1 News reported. In the footage published by the organization, it can be seen that the two activists rush to the stone pillars of the memorial site and sprinkle orange powder on the rocks from high-pressure extinguishers, M1 added.

The group later named the two perpetrators of the action, according to their information, one of them was 73-year-old Rajan Naidu, and his companion was 21-year-old Niamh Lynch. Several visitors tried to prevent the action, and then the police detained the two people. In the past period, the organization has chosen several other high-value works of art and historical monuments as the target of similar actions.

The monumental prehistoric structure in Wiltshire, England, consisting of circularly arranged stone blocks and earthen ramparts, dates back to BC. It is dated between 2500 and 2100. The archaeological site and its surroundings were added to the list of world cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1986, the Index explained.

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