... the shadow is shortest at the summer solstice, indicating that the Sun is at its ... of the Anasazi were clocks that told their builders when it was the summer solstice ... Around the solstice, the Sun seems to stop moving for several days, and then ...
... over the Heelstone, as viewed from the center of the site, at the summer solstice ... degrees, the declination of the summer solstice position at the time Stonehenge was ...
... determined by the Sun Chief and the Soyal Chief (soyal means the solstice ceremony ... the signal to begin, in four days, the nine day celebration of the winter solstice ...
... The longest day of the year is the summer solstice , which occurs in the Northern Hemisphere around June 21. ... The shortest day is the winter solstice, around Dec. 21 in the Northern Hemisphere. ...
... From the diagram above you can see that the north end of the Earth's axis never points directly at the Sun, but on the summer solstice it points as close as it can, and on the winter solstice as far as it can. ...
... He leaves her in December, around the time of the Summer solstice to go and live with Hine-takurua who is the Winter Maid. ... The Sun enjoys the company of Hine-takura until the June solstice, when it's time for him to head back to the land. ...