WINTER SOLSTICE MORNING: 12.21.2012

Today was predicted  to be the "End of the World".

The Mayan Calendar supposedly ended today.

To "observe" this day,  I went for a very early, very dark, and very cold hike

to the top of some mountains above Salt Lake City.

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Early morning twilight with the planet and stars still visible.

The lesser lights make way for the greater light.. the sun.

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At exactly 8:00 AM (the number 8 is symbolic),

the sun began to rise above the peak of a mountain in the distance.
Instead of the world ending, it actually is a beginning. The beginning of a new Day.