Monday, December 21, 2015

Happy Winter Solstice


New Grange
A Passage Grave with
Burial Chamber.
Ireland 
 
 
The is the death chamber in New Grange, the oldest solar observatory in the world. New Grange was built around 3200 BC which predates Stone Henge and the Great Pyramids of Egypt. This chamber is aligned with the Winter Solstice and the sun's rays shine through to the chamber. 

This is a picture capturing this on the solstice.
 
Happy Yuletide Greetings
to
All! 


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