NATS 1745 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: June Solstice, Dresden Codex, Polar Night
2 Nov 2015
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Midterm exam: july 7th, 2015 moves across the sky! shape: the moon: appears as a large, whitish disc, cycle of how it moves across the sky, changes. Prehistoric mankind was able to see:: the sun: appears as the biggest object in the sky, causes daytime, there is a cycle to how it, special stars" (planets): appear to move among the other stars! Pre dates egyptian pyramids by 500 years! Roofbox is aligned to the winter solstice sunrise (december 21)! Alignment of the tomb likely re ects a belief in rebirth or reincarnation! On the summit of the fajada butte in new mexico, 2 spiral carvings were found behind 3. At noon on the solstices and equinoxes, the sundagger exhibits 2 beams of sunlight which. Helped the people to understand the annual cycle of the sun! Stonehenge"s heel stone is aligned to the summer solstice sunrise! Today, the summer solstice sun rises behind the heel stone!
