Weather.com - 3/20/13
Arthur Uther Pendragon, a druid, waits for the sun to rise as he celebrates the spring equinox at Stonehenge near Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. Several hundred druids and pagans were granted access to the ancient monument to mark when the length of the day and the night are equal. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Though it didn't feel like it to many, spring arrived Wednesday morning in the Northern Hemisphere. The spring equinox is the first day of the solar new year and one of two days each year when day and night are equally long — at least in theory. Here are some fascinating ways the arrival of the season of renewal is observed around the world.
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