This is very easy to prove or disprove.
No need to search the internet or even think about it.
Go outside tonight at sunset with a compass.
If you don’t have a compass, there is probably
one built-in on your cell phone.
If you live north of the Tropic of Cancer,
(the entire USA except for Hawaii),
the sun is always, always, always towards the south.
As I re-read the description with the APOD picture, one word stood out to me-
“approximately”. That road runs approximately East-West. So there certainly is a margin for error there. I will do as you suggest, go outside and see if I can ascertain for myself where the Sun will set, although it won’t be easy, too many trees and buildings in the way. My iPhone does have a compass on it, so I will give it a try. Hope you don’t mind my being nosy, but I checked out your profile.
A Navy man. Cool! I know you know what you’re talking about.
And thank you so much for your service! I just missed the Draft back in the day. I turned 18 just after it was abolished. I would’ve gone if I had been drafted, and not high-tailed it to Canada like a lot of guys did.
Thanks again.
Please,please, stop posting about things of which you are ignorant.
The sun sets on the horizon in the exact west on the equinox.
Over the year, the point on the horizon where the sun sets in the northern hemisphere moves from the southwest in December to the northwest in June, crossing the 270 degree (west) bearing on the equinox.
You are displaying an arrogant ignorance harping on this nonsense and showing yourself the fool.
Please post your errors on twitter where they are always welcome.
About 240 degrees for me at sunset today.
West by Southwest.
I am a little north east of Atlanta,
approximately 34 degrees north latitude,
about 2400 miles north of the equator.