Equinox - Loughcrew September 2005

Around 6.30 am a small group gather around the entrance to Cairn T on Carnbane East. The first to arrive are a film crew from RTE television and a small band of musicians who play traditiona ...

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Around 6.30 am a small group gather around the entrance to Cairn T on Carnbane East. The first to arrive are a film crew from RTE television and a small band of musicians who play traditiona ...

06:37am The fog begins to clear just as the sun reaches the horizon. This is the view over Patricks Hill east in the distance, towards the horizon.

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06:37am The fog begins to clear just as the sun reaches the horizon. This is the view over Patricks Hill east in the distance, towards the horizon.

07:06am With Bodhrans and other instruments at the ready, people stand expectantly on top of Cairn T.

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07:06am With Bodhrans and other instruments at the ready, people stand expectantly on top of Cairn T.

07:15am Still shrouded by fog, the horizon glows intensely above Cairn V.

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07:15am Still shrouded by fog, the horizon glows intensely above Cairn V.

07:17am The sun finally emerges from the fog.

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07:17am The sun finally emerges from the fog.

07:20am Cairn V at daybreak.

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07:20am Cairn V at daybreak.

07:21am At last powerful sunlight lights up the landscape and its time to go inside the cairn to view the beam of light hitting the back stone.

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07:21am At last powerful sunlight lights up the landscape and its time to go inside the cairn to view the beam of light hitting the back stone.

Taken on the Autumn Equinox in 2006, this view is of the passage looking out from the chamber towards the entrance. The beam of sunlight is shaped by the lintels and sill stones into an almo ...

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Taken on the Autumn Equinox in 2006, this view is of the passage looking out from the chamber towards the entrance. The beam of sunlight is shaped by the lintels and sill stones into an almo ...

07:31am The interior of the chamber glows with sunlight streaming down the passage, lighting up the rear stone of the chamber in spectacular fashion.

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07:31am The interior of the chamber glows with sunlight streaming down the passage, lighting up the rear stone of the chamber in spectacular fashion.

07:33am The peak of the illumination lights almost the entire back stone of the chamber.

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07:33am The peak of the illumination lights almost the entire back stone of the chamber.

07:56am The beam, shaped into a rectangle by the stones of the passage, moves down to the right hand corner of the stone during the sunrise, passing over many rock carvings which Martin Bren ...

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07:56am The beam, shaped into a rectangle by the stones of the passage, moves down to the right hand corner of the stone during the sunrise, passing over many rock carvings which Martin Bren ...

07:58am The beam enters its final stage of illumination, highlighting the 'sun symbol' at the bottom right of the stone.

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07:58am The beam enters its final stage of illumination, highlighting the 'sun symbol' at the bottom right of the stone.

08:03am The beam now moves from the backstone to the right hand side of the main chamber, hitting the sun symbol visible here on the sill stone.

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08:03am The beam now moves from the backstone to the right hand side of the main chamber, hitting the sun symbol visible here on the sill stone.

08:11am Partially blocked by a person in the passage way, you can however see how the beam is moving off the backstone and lighting up a barely visible sun symbol carved on the sill stone ju ...

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08:11am Partially blocked by a person in the passage way, you can however see how the beam is moving off the backstone and lighting up a barely visible sun symbol carved on the sill stone ju ...

08:17am As the beam leaves the chamber it moves lower along the central chamber walls. The whole chamber glows golden orange for almost an hour during the event.

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08:17am As the beam leaves the chamber it moves lower along the central chamber walls. The whole chamber glows golden orange for almost an hour during the event.

The scene being captured by an RTE cameraman for a broadcast which will be shown on all the major bulletins on the 20th September.

2009-07-17T16:29:15Z

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The scene being captured by an RTE cameraman for a broadcast which will be shown on all the major bulletins on the 20th September.

A fresh autumn morning at Loughcrew.

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A fresh autumn morning at Loughcrew.

Cairn T around 8.30 am when all the visitors have left.

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Cairn T around 8.30 am when all the visitors have left.

Cairn V, looking over the ruins in the direction of Kells to the south east.

2009-07-17T16:13:37Z

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Cairn V, looking over the ruins in the direction of Kells to the south east.

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2009-07-17T16:55:33Z

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