September equinox
There are two equinoxes every year – in September and March – when the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night is nearly equal.
The Earth during the September equinox.The Earth's during the September equinox (ill. not to scale).
Seasons are opposite on either side of the equator, so the equinox in September is also known as the "autumnal (fall) equinox" in the northern hemisphere. However, in the southern hemisphere, it's known as the "spring (vernal) equinox".
What happens during an equinox?
The September equinox occurs the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator – from north to south. This happens either on September 22, 23, or 24 every year.
The Earth's axis is always tilted at an angle of about 23.5° in relation to the ecliptic, the imaginary plane created by the Earth's path around the Sun. However, the tilt's orientation changes throughout the year. On any other day of the year, the Earth's axis tilts a little away from or towards the Sun. But on the two equinoxes, the Earth's axis tilts neither away from nor towards the Sun and is perpendicular to the Sun's rays, like the illustration shows.
Why is it called equinox?
On the equinox, night and day are nearly exactly the same length – 12 hours – all over the world. This is the reason it's called an "equinox", derived from Latin, meaning "equal night". However, even if this is widely accepted, it isn't entirely true. In reality equinoxes don't have exactly 12 hours of daylight
Traditions and customs
In the northern hemisphere the September equinox marks the start of fall (autumn). Many cultures and religions celebrate or observe holidays and festivals around the September equinox.
With it being Sunday it is an early start for hiking day and I was at the gas station meeting point at 8am….again Pierre, our leader and Veronica and Karrie decided to go on the longer hike and again Karrie drove us to the starting point……Pierre said that this was going to be a hike which was new to him and we all agreed to go we all had lots of food and water and away we went and again the flowers were in abundance and beautiful!!!
We met this kind cowboy on the trail
The next one is my shot of the day the stories this old timer could tell!!!!!
We were not hiking on any trails
We did not really get to the peak we were aiming for and we did some bush whacking but it was a great hike nevertheless!!!
We were back in town by 1.30pm and hiked around 20km and it was a great morning.
On the way home Pierre took us into a garage belonging to a friend of his who works on cars that enter a Mexican 2000 mile car race in two weeks ..the garage was so well run, clean and the owner very friendly!!
I then went into town and visited a World peace exhibition and these are the shots from there it was an interesting time…
I was home by 5 o clock and I had a good day…now relaxing after dinner and watching a recorded soccer game from England…blessings !!!
Yashi Kochi!!!
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