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Winter Solstice photo by Fran Caffrey.
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Newgrange - Winter Solstice
The 2007 Newgrange Winter Solstice illumination
was broadcast live on the internet. An achieve of the full
webcast and a six minute
compilation is available at
Newgrange.com
The passage and chamber inside the ancient mound at Newgrange are
illuminated by the winter solstice sunrise. A shaft of sunlight shines
through the roof box over the entrance
and penetrates the passage to light up the chamber.
The dramatic event
lasts for 17 minutes at dawn on a few days before and after the Winter
Solstice. Admission to the chamber at Newgrange for the Winter Solstice
sunrise is by lottery.
The 2007 Winter Solstice Draw
took place at the end of September, there were 28,106 entries.
Application forms are now available at the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre
for the 2008 Winter Solstice Draw. |
Newgrange Winter Solstice
2004
Click Here for images photographed on
the actual morning of the winter solstice - 21st December 2004.
This image photographed from inside the chamber by Alan
Betson was printed in the Irish Times newspaper on the 22nd December 2004.
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Newgrange Winter Solstice 2003
The Winter Solstice sunrise illuminates the passage way leading into the burial
chamber of the megalithic passage tomb at Newgrange on the 21st December
2003. This wonderful photograph by Alan Betson was printed on the
front page of The Irish Times newspaper
on the 22nd December 2003.
More Images from the 2003
Winter Solstice at Newgrange.
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Newgrange
Winter Solstice 2002
Images
from the Winter Solstice at Newgrange on the 22nd December 2002. A rainbow
heightened the experience of those on the outside, as the fortunate few on
the inside, selected by lottery experienced the illumination of the passage
and chamber.
More Images from the 2002
Winter Solstice at Newgrange.
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Newgrange
Winter Solstice 2001
Solstice sunrise lets lucky few gaze through window to an ancient world.
Light at the end of the tunnel: the sun makes its way into the main chamber
at Newgrange during the winter solstice, photography by Frank McGrath.
More about the 2001 Winter Solstice
at Newgrange.
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Winter Solstice Dates
Solstice literally means 'Sun Stands Still', for a few days around the time of the winter solstice the sun appears
to stand still in the sky in that its elevation at noon does not seem to change.
Click here for more information.
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