Equinox at Heimhenge
by Dan Heim
Photographer Comments:
Spring Equinox Sunset:
March 20th, 2008
Heimhenge, New River, AZ
Canon EOS 20D with TC-80N3 remote time-lapse controller
Time interval = 1 minute (from 6:00 pm to 6:37 pm)
People who have visited Heimhenge know how this works. The rock monoliths in my front yard align their shadows on the solstices and equinoxes. It's my Arizona version of Stonehenge. The 240x160 video on this page shows a time-lapse sequence of images capturing the motion of the shadow cast by the Equinox Rock over a 37-minute period ending at sunset. You can download the higher resolution (480x320) version here: Equinox-Heim-L.avi (2.4 Mb).