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For the first time, thanks to a clear sky and the efforts of many individuals, the 2007 Winter Solstice illumination at the passage tomb at Newgrange in Ireland was broadcast live on the Internet. ... The nominal dates were 1997-DEC-31, 1998-DEC-20 and 1999-DEC-9. The actual date for the start of Ramadan depends upon...
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www.religioustolerance.org/winter_solstice.htm
www.religioustolerance.org/winter_solstice.htm
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Web sites that discuss the winter solstice ... Some web sites featuring information on the Winter Solstice are: ... Maes Howe: The Winter Solstice was broadcast live from the 5,000 year old megalith at this location in the Orkney's, Scotland. At the time of the solstice, light from the setting sun shines through a small...
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www.religioustolerance.org/w_solsti.htm
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The following are the winter solstice mid point dates and times for the years 2001 to 2010 from the U.S. Naval Observatory. The time zone used is "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT) or "Universal Time" (UT). GMT or UT is time kept on the Greenwich meridian in London, England at longitude zero.
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www.knowth.com/winter-solstice-date.htm
www.knowth.com/winter-solstice-date.htm
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Winter solstice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The winter solstice occurs at the instant when the Sun's position in the sky is at its greatest angular distance on the other side of the equatorial plane from the observer's hemisphere.<sup class="...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice
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Calculates accurate dates and times of equinoxes and solstices (winter, spring, summer, fall) and of the Celtic cross-quarter days for Wiccan and pagan festivals. ... Perihelion currently occurs about January 4 (though it will not always do so), and thus a couple of weeks after the (northern) winter solstice.
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www.hermetic.ch/eqsol/eqsol.htm
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Sun., Dec. 21, 2009, 12:47 PM EST (17:47 UT), marks the solstice the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere ... The winter solstice marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. The sun appears at its lowest point in the sky, and its noontime elevation appears to be...
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www.infoplease.com/spot/wintersolstice1.html
www.infoplease.com/spot/wintersolstice1.html
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Winter Solstice marks the time of the year when the light returns as the sun shifts and starts to move northward again. In Europe, the tradition of the yule log is celebrated on Winter Solstice. A special log is brought in and placed on the hearth where The Christmas tree also dates from old European or pagan rituals.
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www.mindspring.com/~stardancer/winsols.htm
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As the Earth travels around the Sun in its orbit, the north-south position of the Sun changes over the course of the year due to the changing orientation of the Earth's tilted rotation axes with respect to the Sun. This QuickTime movie illustrates the tilt of the Earth's equatorial plane relative to the Sun which is ...
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scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/WinterSolstice.html
scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/WinterSolstice.html
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