The Vernal Equinox - First day of Spring 2006

Traditional folk music group performs in front of a pre-historic stone shrine in Chas during the vernal equinox in northeast Portugal.


An Azeri man stands on his horse during a Navruz celebration in the Marneuli, a town 40 km south of the capital Tbilisi.


A Kyrgyz artist performs with burning incense during the ancient holiday Navruz celebration in the country's capital Bishkek.


People photograph the sunrise at the pre-historic Mnajdra Temple outside Valletta, Malta.


A couple observe the Pyramid of the Moon on top of the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico. Many believe the pyramids hold a special energy on the equinox.