See How the Autumn Equinox Is Celebrated Around the World
Published 21 Sept 2018, 12:36 BST
At the autumn equinox, neo-druids and Arthurian friends gather at Stonehenge to perform rituals. Until the beginning of the new millennium, access to the monument itself was strictly prohibited. After long court battles, access to the monument is now granted during winter and summer solstices, and the spring and autumn equinox.
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig, National GeographicPeople attend the autumnal equinox at the Kokino megalithic observatory in the northwestern town of Kumanovo, 43 miles north of Skopje, Macedonia. The 3,800-year-old observatory was discovered in 2001 and is ranked as the fourth oldest observatory in the world, according to NASA.
Photograph by Ognen Teofilovski, ReutersAn indigenous Maya priest conducts a ceremony to celebrate the autumn equinox at Cihuatán Archeological Park in Aguilares, El Salvador.
Photograph by Jose Cabezas, Getty ImagesEl Capitan reflects the last bit of light a few minutes after sunset during the Autumn equinox in Yosemite National Park.
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A low-lying mist surrounds the village of Corfe Castle in Dorset, England, as dawn breaks on the day of the autumn equinox.
Photograph by Andrew Matthews, Getty ImagesRevellers hold torches as they parade through Soria, a city in northern Spain, near the ancient Celtiberian settlement of Numantia, which was famous for its role in the Celtiberian War.
Photograph by Pacific Press/Getty ImagesA full moon rises over Vermilion Lakes beside Mount Rundle in Banff National Park, Canada, during the fall equinox.
Photograph by Alany Dyer, Getty ImagesPeople light candles after sunset during the autumn equinox celebration at the Neris River waterfront in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Photograph by Petras Malukas, Getty ImagesEarly-morning mist lingers in fields as the sun rises over the Somerset Levels, as seen from Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, England, during the autumn equinox.
Photograph by Matt Cardy, Getty ImagesA full harvest moon marks the autumnal equinox as it rises over a desert mountain landscape made of huge rock formations near Jacumba, California.
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