Of Eggs & Equinoxes 2014

 Spring arrived

 this afternoon at 12:57 pm EST.

 

"The Little Egg That Stood"
Courtesy Daniel Kelly Productions

A ritual old,

amazing to behold...

pristine white,

against deep verdigris green,

this oval wonder

was mean't to be seen!

-Pamela Brida

The Vernal Equinox

Ah, spring!

 This season brings

 increasing daylight,

 warming temperatures,

 and the rebirth

 of flora and fauna.

The word equinox

 is derived from

 the Latin words meaning

 “equal night.”

 Days and nights 

are approximately

 equal everywhere

 and the Sun rises

 and sets due east and west.

At the equinoxes,

 the tilt of Earth

 relative to the Sun

 is zero,

 which means

 that Earth’s axis

 neither points toward

 nor away

 from the Sun.

 However,

 the tilt of Earth 

relative to its

 plane of orbit,

 called the ecliptic plane,

 is always about 23.5 degrees.

 Information Source:

 The Old Farmer's Almanac 

2014