2011 Winter Solstice event

Came across this album and decided to share it. The purple Pentax was out for repair and I didn’t have the white one at the time, so I shot with my Canon SX20. It’s a “super zoom” point-and-shoot style camera that takes decent photos.

The photos were taken at the Winter Solstice Chamber in Kent, NY. It is one of roughly 200 stone chambers in Putnam County. While their origins and age remain shrouded in mystery (and debate), there is a lot of evidence to suggest they may be Celtic temples that were once used by druids. The very fact that some of them (like this one) align perfectly to the winter solstice sunrise provides an impelling argument in favor of the druids.

Whatever they are, these chambers are beautiful and worthy of preservation. Please visit kelticenergy.com for more information. if you are local and would like to visit one, please visit my Meetup and sign up for an upcoming hike or talk. There currently aren’t any listed but there will be within the next week.

This chamber is off trail, not far from the Winter Solstice Chamber. It too has a solstice event.

This beam of light framing the doorway against the wall is what’s known as a “rectangle event”.

Sheena enjoying some Solstice sun 🙂

Just look at that sunrise coming through the doorway!

Another part of the sunrise event, in which the sun becomes a direct beam.

A beautiful photograph of me, captured by Hugh

From on Top of the World

“The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nimham State Forest

Shadow of the Day

“And the shadow of the day

will embrace the world in gray

And the sun will set for you”

-Linkin Park, “Shadow of the Day”