Images from the Spring Equinox Sunrise at Loughcrew

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Images from the Spring Equinox Sunrise at Loughcrew

Postby Kernos » 22 Mar 2010, 14:22

At the 5000 year old Loughcrew megalithic cairn T in Ireland, the rising sun on the mornings around the equinox illuminate the passage and chamber.

Loughcrew 2010 images:
http://www.newgrange.com/loughcrew-mar10.htm


For a video of the illuminations from 2005:
http://www.knowth.com/loughcrew-equinox-video.htm

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Re: Images from the Spring Equinox Sunrise at Loughcrew

Postby Donata » 22 Mar 2010, 15:30

Stunning and mysterious! thanks Kernos!

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Re: Images from the Spring Equinox Sunrise at Loughcrew

Postby DaRC » 23 Mar 2010, 13:35

Thanks for posting this Kernos - I liked the patterns on the backwall.
For us the sun was in short supply, unlike the rain, on Saturday :shrug: but we had a beautiful day on Sunday.
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