Examples of using Solstices in English and their translations into Russian
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Each of the seasons lasts 3 months andare seperated by equinoxes and solstices.
On the solstices sunlight illuminates the edges of megaliths to the left and right of this doorway.
It is possible that only the earliest among Mesoamericans observed solstices, but this is also a disputed issue among Mayanists.
The stone rays indicate the four cardinal points as well as the sunrise andsunset directions on equinoxes and solstices in Lithuania.
Near the summer and winter solstices, Uranus' hemispheres lie alternately either in full glare of the Sun's rays or facing deep space.
He created the Robert Morris Observatory in the Netherlands, a"modern Stonehenge",which identifies the solstices and the equinoxes.
Many wonderful events of the"Old Testament" occur on the equinoxes and solstices, for example: the foundation and the consecration of churches and altars.
In druid horoscope every year has been divided into two segments, which were allocated 18 pairs of periods,4 days of solar equinoxes and solstices.
Seventeen of the stones were associated with observations of sunrise or sunset at the solstices and equinoxes, and 14 with the lunar extremes.
The word"tropic" itself comes from the Greek"trope(τροπή)", meaning to turn or change direction,referring to the fact that the Sun appears to"turn back" at the solstices.
All the suicide/murders and attempts occurred around the dates of the equinoxes and solstices in some relation to the beliefs of the group.
A striking example is the well temple of Santa Cristina at Paulilatino, where the moon centres the hole in the tholos every 18 and a half years,as a prelude to the winter and summer solstices.
We see that temples were aligned to specific moments in time,and the equinoxes and the solstices are the most important moments in time, so wherever we look, we see how this knowledge of astronomy is incorporated into these monuments.
He discover the obliquity of the ecliptic, is said to have introduced into Greece the gnomon(for determining the solstices), celestial globe and the sundial.
For the equinoxes and solstices, the periods and various phases of the solar course, astronomically and numerically expressed, are only the concrete symbols of the eternally living verity, though they do seem abstract ideas to uninitiated mortals.
The parameters of ionospheric disturbances in quiet conditions in specific geophysical periods: spring and autumn equinoxes andwinter and summer solstices are evaluated and analyzed.
Addition from 12 October 2011: Now four times a year:during the summer and winter solstices, as it was until recently, and during the autumn and spring equinoxes, which became necessary precisely because of the increasingly complicated situation on Earth and the lack of opportunity to predict events.
Photometry over the course of half a Uranian year(beginning in the 1950s) has shown regular variation in the brightness in two spectral bands,with maxima occurring at the solstices and minima occurring at the equinoxes.
According to solar mouths(of thirty days, one of the calendars in use among the Hebrews)all remarkable events of the Old Testament happened on the days of the equinoxes and the solstices; for instance, the foundations and dedications of the temples and altars[and consecration of the tabernacle].
The words of John the Baptist"He must increase, but I must decrease," serve to prove, as is affirmed by the fathers of the church, that John was born on the longest day of the year, and Christ, who was six months younger, on the shortest, 22d June and221 December, the solstices.
Solstice degrees add latitude, then subtract 1 degree a day.
At solstice, light is 52.5 degrees.
The summer solstice hocks from 20 to 21 July.
The summer solstice is determined by finding the date when the sun has the highest latitude.
Winter Solstice Gloves(Red).
The winter solstice is a big night.
The winter solstice is tomorrow.
Winter Solstice Hat(Red).
This was how our ancestors celebrated the summer solstice, which falls on June 20-22.
Winter Solstice Hat(Green).