Sunset on the Winter Solstice at the Majorville Medicine Wheel archaeological site in southern Alberta, photographed in 2014. This 5,000 year old cairn and stone circle and a smaller cairn on a hilltop about a kilometre away are in perfect alignment with the setting sun on the day of the winter solstice.
You need a very capable 4x4 vehicle (and a bit of luck) to access this remote site during the winter. The hilltop location is completely exposed to the cold prairie winds, and it's remarkable to think of how many winters the First Nations peoples would have spent here watching the sun rising and setting to identify and then move all these large stones to mark out the precise orientation of the sunset on the shortest day of the year.
Looking across Jordan Creek at the Autumn Color on the far bank and Autumn Color reflected in the water.
Tripod mounted A7rII Kolari Vision UT sensor modified camera and Voigtlander 28mm f2 Ultron II Asph VM lens; silent shutter.
ISO 200, f8?, 1/60 second.
Exposure Corrected +0.35 Stops.
October 28, 2021
Along Jordan Creek, near the Ford, Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, PA.
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine...
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt in the deep forest green
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground
Without no seams nor needle work
Bedclothes the child of the mountain
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call
Peire wrote:
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine...
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt in the deep forest green
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground
Without no seams nor needle work
Bedclothes the child of the mountain
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call
AGeoJO wrote:
Amazingly gorgeous images, Peire! And it is one of my all-time favorite songs, too.
Joshua,
I hardly believe someone would recognize my all-time favourite songs.And you did it!All I can do is the sigh of relief.Not all of us are dead already!
I was listening to Simon and Garfunkel,an immortal duo,singing that unbeliveably beautifull,16th century English song,while taking above pictures.The snow storm was coming from the Cambric Owl's Mountains in the South and all I could do was to inhale and admire that beauty,taking my crippled pictures and being utterly happy to see all that fascinating things surrounding me.
I hardly believe someone would recognize my all-time favourite songs.And you did it!All I can do is the sigh of relief.Not all of us are dead already!
I was listening to Simon and Garfunkel,an immortal duo,singing that unbeliveably beautifull,16th century English song,while taking above pictures.The snow storm was coming from the South and all I could do was to admire that beauty,taking my crippled pictures and being utterly happy to see all that beauty surrounding me.
Plenty of us in the woodwork It is remarkable how far and well this ballad has travelled (North-East of England lad here).
Great spot & great shot! I got the Berkshire running here quite a few years ago, but there were a bunch of people (and cars) that would not get out of the way for anyone to get a clean shot, so it was rather disappointing. You got the iconic image here!
AdamLT wrote:
Plenty of us in the woodwork It is remarkable how far and well this ballad has travelled (North-East of England lad here).
Beautiful images to go with it, Peire.
Oh! Another man that seems to be a brother of my soul! You are clearly not afraid to think about what you see as it is and suffer because of it. Wellcome brother! So nice again,not to be lone! Hey!
