It's the longest day of the year & the beginning of summer; so we'll post this picture (that I think is) of the moon & sun over the North Pole.This is an important holiday for some of my multiple personalities. The Druid is obviously one of them. So is the Beaker people trader, who has visited (what we call nowadays) Stonehenge. Of course, in his day, there were no stones there, so it had a different name. Back then, it was a circular wooden structure and, along with another similar set up a couple miles away, was used to teach mystical truths about life/death, summer/winter, this world/the next, etc.
The Carthagenian general's religion is based on lunar deities, but frankly, he's not very religious. Seasonal highlights have little meaning for the Time Traveler. The Estonian Freedom Fighter could care less about the whole thing. The 1st-century AD Turkish Goatherder (not listed in my profile) has no idea what a solstice is. And the Sheepdog in Wyoming just knows it's a long workday, since the stupid sheep won't lie down until it's dark.
So Happy Summer Solstice, everyone! Let's go hang out in an oak grove for the night.
2 comments:
FYI, that picture cannot be the Moon and Sun, as from Earth they both subtend the same angular size.
Also, they could never be aligned like that over the North (or South) Pole as the path of the ecliptic is 23.5 degrees, not 90 degrees.
And, further more, if that were the North Pole, where did that water come from? Last time I was at the North Pole it was kinda cold and icy.
Go in peace Brother,
Alfric Pedant - Druid, Astromoner and nit-picker.
i just knew my Blogger split personality shouldn't have beleived my Druid split personality about that pic. Heck, how would the Druid know at all what the North Pole looks like?
go in peace as well, Brother Al. Picker-of-nits and astronomer thou art. but methinks the Druid of your household is your wife. ;-)
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