Winter Solstice at Newgrange - updatedLast year I made two magical visits to Newgrange in brilliant sunshine for the winter solstice on 18 and 22 December. I blogged about my first visit here and I've just updated my post with some shots from the second visit. You can see a few of these shots here in this post as well. The additional pictures include a few from inside the chamber where visitors are normally not allowed to shoot. No - these weren't when the sun was shining in - I wasn't lucky enough to win the Solstice lottery - but it's still very special to be able to shoot in a 5,000-year building. Sadly, it seems this year's solstice is going to be clouded out, which is such a pity because this morning and tomorrow morning, the event is being live streamed on the Ireland's Ancient East YouTube channel. We can only hope for next year!
Keywords:
5200 bc,
ancestors,
ancient astronomy,
archaeology,
bend of the boyne,
bru na boinne,
co. neath,
five thousand years ago,
heritage,
ireland,
irelands ancient east,
john coveney photography,
lightbox,
megalith,
mobile phone photography,
monument,
neolithic,
newgrange,
passage tomb,
roofbox,
royal county,
selfie,
shadows,
solstice,
solstice alignment,
sunbeam,
sunrise,
trispiral,
world heritage site,
www.johncoveney.ie
Comments
No comments posted.
Loading...
|
Subscribe
RSS
Recent Posts
Capturing the Aurora Borealis over Killiney Hill and Dublin Bay in October 2024
Shooting Comet Leonard in Ireland in Dec 2021
Dalkey Island's Heritage and Wildlife - A Photo Essay
Strawberry Moon on the Front Pages!
EIRE sign at St. John's Point Lighthouse in Donegal and D-Day
Dragons Thrive Best Here!
Bray Air Display 2018 - People, Planes . . . and Wildlife??
How (Not?) to Photograph a Lunar Eclipse – Dublin September 2015
Poolbeg Jogger
New Year Supermoon or Wolf Moon over Roches Point in Cork Harbour
Archive
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
|