{"id":48102,"date":"2014-06-21T17:16:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T22:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=48102"},"modified":"2014-06-24T19:17:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T00:17:51","slug":"summer-solstice-medicine-wheel-park-june-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=48102","title":{"rendered":"Summer Solstice Medicine Wheel Park June 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City (CSi) The summer solstice is June 21<sup>st<\/sup>, and an event will be held Medicine Wheel park at 205 Winter Show Road Southeast in Valley City.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Stickler will be at the Medicine Wheel from <strong>1 to 2 p.m<\/strong>., conducting a tour of the park and give an explanation of the two solar calendars. Of particular interest will be the alignment of the Solar Meridian calendar showing local apparent noon at 1:32 p.m. if it is sunny.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures below\u00a0from <a title=\"Pixs At Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151664304484512.1073741839.358562219511&amp;type=1&amp;l=bdbafc233f\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2013 Summer Solstice<\/strong><\/a> by Matt Sheppard<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyRotatorWrapper\" align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n<!-- Begin DWUser_EasyRotator -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/c520866.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/1\/js\/easy_rotator.min.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div class=\"dwuserEasyRotator\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 340px; position:relative; text-align: left; background-color: #000000;\" data-erConfig=\"{autoplayEnabled:true, autoplayDelay:3500, 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This type of calendar uses a beam of sunlight or the length of the shadow cast by an object when the sun is <a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/38ft-pole-medicine-wheel-park.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-48110\" alt=\"38ft pole medicine wheel park\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/38ft-pole-medicine-wheel-park-300x202.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/38ft-pole-medicine-wheel-park-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/38ft-pole-medicine-wheel-park-259x175.jpg 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/38ft-pole-medicine-wheel-park.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>directly south at local apparent noon (as the sun crosses the meridian or mid-point in the sky). At this moment the shadow points directly north. 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