Residents observe culmination phenomenon at the equator

A child, accompanied by parents, observes the sun through a telescope during the solar culmination at the Equator Monument in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Monday (March 23, 2026). The solar culmination, when the sun crosses the equator, occurs twice yearly in Pontianak on March 21–23 and September 21–23. ANTARA FOTO/Jessica Wuysang/foc/M052

A visitor photographs an egg standing upright on the equator line during the solar culmination at the Equator Monument in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Monday (March 23, 2026). The solar culmination, when the sun crosses the equator, occurs twice a year in Pontianak, on March 21–23 and September 21–23. ANTARA FOTO/Jessica Wuysang/foc

Two visitors observe informational panels on the solar culmination phenomenon at the Equator Monument Museum in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Monday (March 23, 2026). The solar culmination, when the sun crosses the equator, occurs twice a year in Pontianak, on March 21–23 and September 21–23. ANTARA FOTO/Jessica Wuysang/foc/M052