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Sun Henge
by Susan K. Smith
Last edited: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018



     
Summer Solstice - Stonehenge - Space

So marks the changing of the seasons.

Have a blessed summer!


 

Summer Solstice Sunrise over Stonehenge 2005/wikipedia.com

 

 

The Summer Solstice 

 

As of this posting, it's coming up June 21, 2018.

 

When the day will get as long as it will get this year. At least in the northern hemisphere.

 

The Science?

 

It's explained in this video:

 


An intriguing spot to observe the solstice is in England.

 

Stonehenge

 

Many gather there for various reasons to observe and experience the turning point of the seasons. For the Solstice can not only be reduced to a scientific fact. But also one of myth and lore and wonder.

 

The video below relives the longest day of the year at Stonehenge with sunset on 20 June and sunrise on 21 June, 2017.



 

For many, the Solstice is a mystical, spiritual, even religious experience. 

 

And in that vein of thought, let's go back to the revelation of the origin of the seasons:

 

In the Beginning...


As in Genesis 1:

 

And God said, 

Let there be lights

 in the firmament of the heaven 

to divide 

the day from the night; 

and let them be 

for signs, 

and for seasons, 

and for days, 

and years:


And let them be for lights 

in the firmament of the heaven 

to give light upon the earth: 

and it was so.


And God made two great lights; 

the greater light to rule the day, 

and the lesser light to rule the night: 

He made the stars also.


And God set them 

in the firmament of the heaven 

to give light upon the earth,


And to rule over the day 

and over the night, 

and to divide the light 

from the darkness: 

and God saw that it was good.

 

Genesis 1:14-18 (KJV)

 

And for a Summer Solstice that is really out of this world, check out the view from the International Space Station:

 

( reference: https://youtu.be/Kb84FkTuHuQ )

 

 

 

And God saw 

every thing

 that He had made, 

and, behold,

 it was very good. 

...

 

Genesis 1:31 (KVJ)



So marks the changing of the seasons.


Have a blessed summer!


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Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on June 24, 2018

enjoyed the read, holds reader interest


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Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on June 21, 2018
That is really a cool view from the ISS! I recently saw an exploratory view of Stonehenge on Expedition Unknown: Origins of Stonehenge: Travel Channel. Current evidence is that Stonehenge focused on the winter solstice when people came from all around to bury their dead (human sacrifice or cannibalism?) and celebrate living, watching to see if the sun would be favorable again and spring would come. Apparently, there are many older circles like this all over the UK and one, located underwater off the coast of Scotland may be the oldest, 10,000 years or more before Stonehenge. During the ice ages, water levels of the oceans were much lower than they are today.

Please keep these informative articles coming. We can't learn enough.

Ron


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