These incredible aerial pictures show how the Somerset landscape has been transformed into makeshift tent city, as hundreds of thousands of people arrive for this year's Glastonbury Festival.
From seas of perfectly lined luxury “glampsites”, to the hodgepodge of family camping fields, the pictures reveal the dazzling expanse of Worthy Farm.
The award-winning dairy farm opened its gates to music lovers from across the world on Wednesday, with backpacks and camping gear in tow.
This year’s event spans 900 acres across the Vale of Avalon, which is now awash with more than 200,000 happy campers and their temporary accommodation as they settle in for the five-day event.
Dozens of ticket-holders slept in their cars overnight in a bid to snag a good spot in the queue before starting to wait in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
They were greeted by cloudy and damp weather when the gates opened at 8am, though temperatures are set to soar by the weekend, with record-breaking heat expected on Saturday.
As farmer and Glastonbury co-creator Michael Eavis opened the gates, he told those waiting: "It has never been better. It has never been as good as this one.
"The weather looks great - marvellous. Thank you for coming. Welcome to Worthy Farm."
The five-day event, the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world, will be headlined by Stormzy, The Killers and The Cure.
Standard tickets for Glastonbury 2019 sold out in just 36 minutes.
In 2017, the Wednesday of Glastonbury Festival was the hottest day in the event's history, with temperatures hitting 31C and leading to dozens of people being treated by paramedics.
This year, temperatures are forecast to hit up to 35C on Saturday.
Worthy Farm festival-goers have been advised to “drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration”, but they have also been urged to bring their own reusable water bottles, as 2019 marks the first year that single-use plastic bottles have been banned.
Seasoned festival-goer Hannah Martin, 27, has been to Glastonbury around eight or nine times before this year.
She told the Press Association her advice to those attending was to "take it easy" and not try to do everything on the sprawling site.
She added: "It is the best place on earth, it's my favourite place in the world."
