The first photographs are from the day before the fall equinox on February 21, 2010.
It is possible to see the effects of the sun interacting with the Sun Circle sculpture the days before and after the fall equinox.
My husband, the sculptor of the Sun Circle, and I visited the day before a little after 6 p.m. To our surprise, there were at least six others who came to use the beach and also watch the sunrise.
All of the above photographs are before the sunrise.
Shown below are after the sunrise.
The last photograph is a detail of the columnar basalt from Washington state that is estimated to be between 12 and 16 million years old.
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The next set of photographs are from the day of the fall equinox, September 22, 2010,
again taken from about 6:15 a.m to around 7 a.m.
There were about 50 people attending today's ceremony at the Sun Circle, which featured an astronomy talk, some words from my husband, Bruce, about the sculpture, and an all-inclusive prayers from Don Orne.
There were differences in the sun and sky today. There were no clouds yesterday while today brought lovely wispy cloud tendrils, and the sun appeared to be bigger and more red.
There were more photographs today that I took of the ceremony itself, but I am choosing to show just non-populated shots for now.
We were all really pleased that many photographers showed up this morning, as it is always fascinating to see the vision and perspective of others. There were also many new visitors to the sculpture, which makes us very happy.
