Winter Solstice sunrise at Newgrange - 22nd December 2006
Newgrange
Winter Solstice sunrise.
Jolyon Frampton and Clare Winkel won tickets in
the winter solstice
lottery
for December 22nd, they were very fortunate to experience a glorious
sunrise in the chamber at Newgrange.
Clare
leaving the Visitors Centre with mist over the Boyne, it didn't look like
a good morning for the sun to illuminate the Newgrange passage and
chamber.
View of the Boyne Valley from Newgrange, the mist adding a mythical element.
The sun broke through the mist for a brilliant illumination of the chamber at Newgrange.
Joe outside Newgrange after experiencing the illumination of the chamber.
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