We know that Earth rotates on its Axis & revolves around the Sun. But we can’t feel it at all. But here Aryeh Nirenberg an astrophotographer has clicked exceptionally beautiful video, where in we can feel the rotation of the Earth. Made use of Equatorial tracking mount. He aligned it with North Star & kept clicking photos every 12 seconds for next three hours. Camera is looking at the same portion of the Milky Way & hence it appears stationary. Movement of the Earth is so beautifully felt.

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The all-day installation event, is expected to draw new attendees from communities around New York and previous NAWA Axis for Peace participants.  More than 100 hands will work together, twisting the monumental NAWA rope form and ceremoniously raising the 30 ft. tall NAWA column at its site in the sculpture garden.  The NAWA Axis for Peace sculpture will be exhibited at the LongHouse Reserve from 2014-2017.

About NAWA AXIS for Peace:

NAWA Axis for Peace is a collaboratively created and installed monumental rope sculpture. The artist, Mariyo Yahi, believes that rope – called NAWA – is a metaphor for all realms of life.  Its spiral form symbolizes interconnectedness, and in ancient Japanese, NA means “you” and WA means “I”, thus signifying the binding together of diverse people in a spirit of strength and world peace.  Her sculptures are at works of artistic beauty and also inspiring, collaborative public events.

About the Artist:

Mariyo Yagi is an internationally acclaimed Japanese environmental artist who works in a variety of media and at varied scales.  Since the 1970’s (when Ms. Yagi worked as assistant to renowned artist, Isamu Noguchi) Ms. Yagi’s rope-form sculptures have been exhibited around the world.  Her awards include The 21^st Kyoto Prefecture Culture Prize (Prize for Artistic Merit), an Urban Design Award (Toyonaka City, Japan), an Urban Art Award (Mauberge, France), Copper Prize Award (San Francisco Museum of Art) and an Honorary Doctorate.  Her work resides in such collections as the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, the Brasilia National Art Museum, the Fondation Toms Pauli, and many others.  Her sculptures have been published in books and magazines including The Art Fabric: Mainstream, Interlacing: the Elemental Fabric, Beyond Craft: the Art Fabric, Art in America, Sculpture and in numerous other publications.

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A solstice is an astronomical event that occurs twice each year as the Sun reaches its highest or lowest excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. As a result, on the day of the solstice, the Sun appears to have reached its highest or lowest annual altitude in the sky above the horizon at local solar noon. The word solstice is derived from the Latin sol(sun) and sistere (to stand still), because at the solstices, the Sun stands still in declination; that is, the seasonal movement of the Sun’s path (as seen from Earth) comes to a stop before reversing direction. The solstices, together with the equinoxes, are connected with the seasons. In many cultures the solstices mark either the beginning or the midpoint of winter and summer.

The term solstice can also be used in a broader sense, as the date (day) when this occurs. The day of the solstice is either the longest day of the year (in summer) or the shortest day of the year (in winter) for any place outside of the tropics.

The longest day of 2013 is finally here — but this year, it comes with a twist.

While the solstice in the northern hemisphere traditionally falls on June 21 — and this year it will occur on that date at 1:04 a.m. EDT — it will begin on Thursday, June 20, for parts of the western U.S., according to the website of the Clark Planetarium. The time of the solstice depends upon your position on Earth and, as a consequence, where you are in relation to the sun.

The summer solstice occurs when Earth’s axis is the most tilted toward the sun — the angle is known as “maximum axial tilt.” As a consequence of this specific orientation, the sun rises at its most northeasterly point along the horizon and also sets at its most northwesterly point in the northern hemisphere.

The solstice isn’t the only big celestial event this week. Skywatchers are gearing up for the arrival of the 2013 supermoon, which is set to peak June 22-23 and deliver the biggest, brightest moon of the year.

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