It sounds to me like I have impeached it.
The sun NEVER sets in the due west,
unless you live in the tropics.
Should be obvious to a “telescope” guy.
I have never actually measured it. All I know is that particular stretch of road does have straight East-West stretches, and it also has bends and curves in it as well. Maybe I’m wrong. You might want to correct the photographer. APOD has put this picture up twice that I know of. I know for a fact that Mr. Christen’s
reputation is unimpeachable. Here is his website:
https://www.astro-physics.com/
He knows a hell of a lot more about astronomy than I do.