This video provides a speeded-up show of the lunar major standstill event set on June 22, 2024 (from 01:30 to 03:00 BST). The Moon is moving behind the (3D scan) of Calanais I (using Stellarium) as seen from Stone 8 (at the east-northern end of the avenue and at eye height).
A short explanation of the major standstill events can be found here:
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It is using an accurate model (within 1arcmin seen from Stone 8) of the Calanais I standing stones. Over more than a year the site is visited (tropical-monthly) to see if the Moon appeared from behind the clouds. This happened only in 10% of the cases. This was enough to reach a proper ground proofing of the site; see for details:
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More information on the team that worked on this and on the 3D scan of Calanais I within Stellarium see:
callanish.arch...
There was also a live simulation using Stellarium:
• Live Stream SIMULATED ...
Here is an interview with Gerald Ponting, who together with Margaret Curtis worked hard on Calanais landscape:
• THE STANDING STONES OF...
A live broadcast of the rise event is (June 21, 21:30BST) from Stonehenge:
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At set time (June 22, 01:30BST) a live broadcast from Calanais I is here:
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Here one can check the cloud cover on UK:
www.metoffice....