Winter Solstice

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mirco
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Winter Solstice

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Welcome, dear Sun!


Happy Winter Solstice!
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Summer solstice over here... :thinking:

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Same here in Brisbane, Mike. We're going to have a couple of days at 98 F ( or 35 C) in the next week.
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mirco wrote:source
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Welcome, dear Sun!


Happy Winter Solstice!
What a nice picture. Thanks mirco.

I like your sig as well.
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>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12

This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.

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I'm in the tropics, so the sun never really goes away. :smile:
Which makes me wonder: how far from the Equator do you have to go before you find a culture that traditionally celebrates the solstices?

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They celebrate it in Hong Kong, which is in the tropics (just...).

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Winter solstice in the passage of the great Neolithic tomb at Newgrange, in Ireland.

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Not exactly a photo (made from several separate elements) but an interesting image nevertheless. Thanks, Kim.
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