Hill of Uisneach, Ireland

People take part in the Bealtaine fire festival, an ancient Celtic rite that marks the beginning of summer.

Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

#photography
#Ireland
#Celtic
#festivals
#solstice
#Bealtaine
#AltText

Salute the June #solstice with a #BMOP-coded #summer celebration! The all-premiere program includes three new works:

Paul Moravec / Miami Variations (2025)
Avner Dorman / Inner Fire (2025)
John Aylward / History of the World (2025)
Bernard Rogers / Symphony No. 5 “Africa” (1959)

Tickets for this June 21 #concert are free / https://bmop.org/performances/bmop-presents-premiere⁴/

For those who celebrate, may the #Beltane fires awaken your spirit and guide toward renewal.

#MayDay is a #crossquarter day, falling halfway between the #vernalequinox and the #summersolstice

photograph of National Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, during the 2007 annual Beltane Fire Festival, by B. McAdam via WikiMedia Commons (CC-BY-SA 2.0 G)
#calendar #timekeeping #seasons #astronomy #equinox #solstice

A Tabular Iceberg, Seen at the Pack-Edge in the South Pacific (1900) by Frederick Albert Cook, from Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898–1899.

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/399b6e86-2e82-4d6a-acfa-21b4390759e5

#solstice #exploration #ice #marine #antarctic #antarctica #icebergs #penguins #geography #midwinter #light #landscapes #oceans #darkness #art #publicdomain

One from the archives for #PhotoMonday

I love this shot, taken - more by chance than any great skill or patience - on solstice dawn at Stonehenge, June 2022

#photography #photographyart #dawn #solstice #Stonehenge #NewAgeTravellerCommunity #nomad #nomadism