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Winter Solstice Sojourn

national-geo-coverNational Geographic, November 2003

Trips - Hot or Cold

Most of us have watched sun rays slant in through a window or angle between walls, creating a play of light and shadow that shifts as the Earth rotates. For ancient cultures, the movement of the sun and its shadows served an especially important function on certain days of the year: It helped them track time and the seasons.

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