moss
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Solstice
Dec 20, 2010, 14:06
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A well written article I've just come across on Newgrange and O'Kelly's linking up the roof box with solstice. There are quotes from Seamus Heaney's "Dream of Solstice" poem,
http://sluggerotoole.com/2010/12/19/a-seasonal-gift-to-the-benevolent-spirits/
The whole poem can be found here......
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=23046&message=259467
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Sanctuary
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Re: Solstice
Dec 20, 2010, 14:29
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moss wrote:
Not being a solstice person myself I however noted this which I'm sure many will already know about. Is this something quite normal with a solstice on occasion?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20101220/tuk-winter-solstice-marked-by-eclipse-6323e80.html
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StoneGloves
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Re: Solstice
Dec 20, 2010, 15:38
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" Not being a solstice person myself I however noted this which I'm sure many will already know about. Is this something quite normal with a solstice on occasion? "
No, it's a once-in-a-lifetime phenomena. I mentioned it last week, as it's at the core of megalithics, but only Nigel seemed interested, and said he'd consider going to Stonehenge, as it is open then. Anyone with gumption is lining cameras and sites up and getting stuff ready, as we speak. (So that's just me then). I followed the moonset, this morning. Spectacular doesn't really cover it. And that's without an eclipse!
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tiompan
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Re: Solstice
Dec 20, 2010, 15:50
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StoneGloves wrote: " Not being a solstice person myself I however noted this which I'm sure many will already know about. Is this something quite normal with a solstice on occasion? "
No, it's a once-in-a-lifetime phenomena. I mentioned it last week, as it's at the core of megalithics, but only Nigel seemed interested, and said he'd consider going to Stonehenge, as it is open then. Anyone with gumption is lining cameras and sites up and getting stuff ready, as we speak. (So that's just me then). I followed the moonset, this morning. Spectacular doesn't really cover it. And that's without an eclipse!
Whaddye mean , only Nigel seemed interested ? I replied to ye.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=60776&message=770837
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nigelswift
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Re: Solstice
Dec 20, 2010, 16:01
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StoneGloves wrote: "it's a once-in-a-lifetime phenomena"
I might as well confess, and get grumbled at, that with the amount of snow and nearby Pershore being the coldest place in Britain, I'm going to cry off. Jimit is going to SH for the solstice though and I've suggested he might as well do the moon thing too....
I'd love to be there (sod the sun) and capture it but I've got a big Western horizon here so I should be OK to get a picture of Ritual Stourport from my bedroom.
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Sanctuary
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Re: Solstice
Dec 20, 2010, 16:07
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StoneGloves wrote: " Not being a solstice person myself I however noted this which I'm sure many will already know about. Is this something quite normal with a solstice on occasion? "
No, it's a once-in-a-lifetime phenomena. I mentioned it last week, as it's at the core of megalithics, but only Nigel seemed interested, and said he'd consider going to Stonehenge, as it is open then. Anyone with gumption is lining cameras and sites up and getting stuff ready, as we speak. (So that's just me then). I followed the moonset, this morning. Spectacular doesn't really cover it. And that's without an eclipse!
Go for it SG. Nothing quite like a 'special occasion or happening' taking place in ones chosen hobby/profession to get the juices flowing is there!
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nigelswift
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Re: Solstice
Dec 20, 2010, 16:13
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Aye, it's humbling, like being shown God's ginormous clock. I still haven't got over the solar one in Cornwall.
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StoneGloves
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Re: Solstice
Dec 20, 2010, 16:21
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It is weird though - because it's only astronomers that are watching it. Very few 'astronomer-priests'. There was clag near the horizon though, this morning, and my Zeiss Tessar isn't stopping down, and will need to come apart first.
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Sanctuary
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Re: Solstice
Dec 20, 2010, 16:24
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nigelswift wrote: Aye, it's humbling, like being shown God's ginormous clock. I still haven't got over the solar one in Cornwall.
WOT...they let you into Cornwall!!! Passport Control are slipping!! (tic)
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nigelswift
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Re: Solstice
Dec 20, 2010, 16:58
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I was at the People's Republic of St Agnes.
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