A mountainous horizon with setting suns at far left and right, and 2 in the middle.
The March #equinox is almost here! It'll come at 9:46 a.m. CDT (14:46 UTC) on March 20. And did you know? The #sun sets and rises faster around the time of an equinox. Meanwhile, the slowest sunsets and sunrises happen around the #solstices. 🌅🌄
Find out why, here:
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📸 Hamza Khan.
"The season of the year when the Sun is in the Tropicks, are called the #Solstices, because at those times the Sun seems to be at a stand with regard to his declination, neither going further from the Equator, nor coming nearer to it for several days."
Thomas Harrington 1774
#WinterSolstice
Four black and white images of half-Earth from space, 2 upright and 2 tilted.
We love this video from NASA, which shows how sunlight falls on #Earth’s surface during the #solstices and #equinoxes, as seen by the weather #satellites. Watch here:
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📸 NASA.
Watching the wonderful live stream from Brú Na Bóinne from Sweden!
Thank you, Clare T and Frank P; you are a joy to listen to! 🥰
#NewgrangeSolstice
#WinterSolstice
#Solstices
#Wintersolstice #Solstices thx @lindalee.bsky.social 🌞🥰
For this to have any relevance I better tag, always forget...
"Have a wonderful winter solstice everyone! 😊✨
Renewal on its way. 🌱"
#Wintersolstice #Solstices
#AndallotherreleventtagsIforgot 😉
Random #AutumnEquinox thought #WitchMadness Why are greeting the sun and/or staying up all night reserved for the #Solstices ? It occurred to me those of us who work with #Persephone would want to greet and/or bid her farewell. I’m going to attempt an extra early Monday morning.
High in the Andes, the Inca built Machu Picchu to align with the #sky. 🌞🏔️
The Intihuatana stone & Temple of the #Sun mark #solstices — a sacred fusion of landscape, #astronomy, & spirit.
📍 Peru (~1450 CE)
Time, carved in stone.
#AncientSkies #IncaAstronomy #CulturalAstronomy
Long before smartphones or #Stonehenge tours, Native Mississippians tracked the Sun with #Woodhenge — a giant timber circle aligned to #solstices. 🌞🪵
📍 Cahokia, Illinois (~1100 CE)
Brilliant Indigenous astronomy.
No aliens required.
🧪 🔭
#AncientSkies #CulturalAstronomy
🔭 At Angkor Wat, the rising Sun aligns with the central tower on #solstices and #equinoxes — a cosmic connection carved in stone. 🏯🌞
📍 Cambodia (~1150 CE)
Astronomy, architecture, and spirituality woven into one breathtaking temple. 🧪
#AncientSkies #CulturalAstronomy
#FairyTaleTuesday: „Both the #solstices are signifers of change, of shifting energies, of renewal and transformation. Just now, we are seeing green abundance, abundance of light, and of fertility, but in the turning of the wheel, we know how that generosity can change.
The solstices involve a […]
#Reflections on the New Year
Time has different meanings across cultures, and this influences how #NewYear is celebrated. In agrarian societies, time is #cyclical, marked by seasonal changes, so New Year celebrations often align with #harvests, #moon cycles, and #solstices (e.g., #LunarNewYear)...⬇️
Sol invictus
« En certains endroits, une très jolie légende voulait autrefois que la bûche de Noël soit allumée avec un tison provenant du bûcher de la Saint-Jean de l’été précédent et qui en contenait donc le Feu. » #solstices
~ Tout est symbole ❄️
A graphic depicting Earth in association with the sun during solstices and equinoxes.
See how sunlight falls on Earth's surface during the #solstices and equinoxes, and get a better understanding of why Earth's tilt causes the #seasons. earthsky.org/space/watching-solstices...
And happy solstice tomorrow! 🔭
📸 Wikimedia Commons.
Fire , photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte
#FolkloreSunday: `The #solstices involve a transfer of power, a change of balance as longest day gives way to shortest night, and visa versa. And as modern humans, we have become uncomfortable with change and imbalance. The rituals we build around these […]
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Visit The USA met en avant les destinations pour voir le solstice d’été
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#visittheusa #etatsunis #tourisme #solstices #destinations #mistertravelnews
"Archaeologists have discovered a 4,500-year-old #sanctuary in the #Netherlands that marks the #solstices and equinoxes, and was also used as a #burial ground." 🙌
(Bonus: Mandatory Stonehenge analogy included....
