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All photos by Bryan Bates
Crack'n Rock Ruins at Wupatki National Monument.
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Summer photo by Bryan Bates
Winter and equinox photo by Rolf Sinclair, former chief of Physics at NSF
Fajada Butte at Chaco Canyon National Historic Park. (Top to Bottom: winter solstice,
summer solstice, equinox)
The equinox photo at Fajada Butte illustrates a spectacular sight in that the day before the autumnal
equinox, no light is visible. Then on the date of the equinox, the alignment
pictured here. Moreover, that light shaft continues to move across to the large spiral and
becomes the
left hand dagger of the winter solstice marker. The driving force is the altitude change
of the Sun as one moves through the seasonal cycle. The left hand light dagger will disappear
from the upper spiral on the day following the vernal equinox.
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Photo by Alan Spielger
A solar calendar near Jackrabbit Ruins, outside of Homol'ovi State Park, AZ.
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Photo by Bryan Bates
Rarick Canyon, located along Palat'kwapi Trail.
Rarick Canyon is an equinox alignment associated with the Mamarau ceremony of the Hopi.
It is a women's ceremony for health, goodness, and balance.
These people probably lived in a community about 1 to 1 1/2 miles south of the site pictured.
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Photo 1:
Harney Peak - "Hinhan Kaga Paha" known as "Harney peak", Lakota
school youth reach the top of Harney Peak 2001
Photo 2:
Youth hike trail to Harney Peak - Lakota Youth hike trail up
Harney Peak "Spring Gathering" known as
"Yate iwakicipi" or the "Welcoming Back the Thunders Ceremony" 2001
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Photo 1:
Trail up Harney Peak - The walk to Harney Peak, following the sun's
path on earth.
Photo 2:
Joseph Chasing Horse with Youth Harney Peak - Joseph Chasing
Horse, Lakota gives away art supplies to Lakota Youth at Spring Gathering
2001, Harney peak.
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Scientific Visualization Studio
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 935
Greenbelt, MD 20717
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
View the gradually magnified images of the Black Hills from space. To view the full size image, click
the thumbnail.
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