The following photos were taken at the U.Mass. Sunwheel during the spring of 2001,
between April and June. Photos are by Judy Young.
The snows are gone, the grass is green, the flowers are blooming, and the ground which was exposed after the
construction of the Sunwheel has completely repaired itself!
A carpet of buttercups grows amidst the stones in the Sunwheel.
A wide angle photo of students from my Astronomy 100 class at the Sunwheel to view
the sunset in relation to the stone placement on a clear day in May.
Astronomy 100 students and I cast our shadows. The shadows point to the southeast as the Sun sets in the northwest on a clear day in May.
The Sun sets to the northwest of the center of the Sunwheel in the late spring.
The East portal in the Sunwheel, as the grasses grow and the flowers bloom in May 2001.
This stone marks the most northerly location along the horizon at which the Moon is
seen to set. By the end of the spring 2001, I expanded the exhibit at the
Sunwheel to include signs with
explanations for the locations of the 4 Moonstones in the Sunwheel.