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Loughcrew Spring Equinox 2004

Loughcrew Cairn T at sunrise on March 22nd 2004
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This image photographed inside Cairn T at 6:51am shows the shaped beam of equinox
sunlight illuminating the back stone. Over a period of about 30
minutes the beam moves to the bottom right corner of the backstone.
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This image photographed at 7:15am shows the beam of equinox sunlight
illuminating the bottom right corner of the backstone.
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This image photographed at 7:18am shows the last of the sunbeam on the
backstone, the stones to the right of the back recess are now
illuminated. There is a sun symbol at the bottom of the stone
in the centre of the image.
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 Video
of Spring Equinox illumination
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