Posted on 09/24/2022 12:13:01 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The defining astronomical moment for this September's equinox was on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 01:03 UTC, when the Sun crossed the celestial equator moving south in its yearly journey through planet Earth's sky. That marked the beginning of fall for our fair planet in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere, when day and night are nearly equal around the globe. Of course, if you celebrate the astronomical change of seasons by watching a sunrise you can also look for crepuscular rays. The shadows cast by clouds can have a dramatic appearance in the twilight sky during any sunrise or sunset. Due to perspective, the parallel shadows will seem to point back to the rising Sun and a place due east on your horizon near the equinox date. Taken on September 15, this sunrise sea and skyscape captured crepuscular rays in the sky and watery specular reflections from the Mediterranean coast near the village of Petacciato, Italy.
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Beautiful!
I love Fall Sunsets the best. The Sun is now setting further to the southwest at my house, so in another week or so it won’t be totally behind trees at Sunset, anymore.
Yes, I know it’s Earth tilting, NOT the Sun. Wait. Is that STILL correct with ‘New Math’ and all the ‘Science’ we’ve had shoved down our collective gullet these past three years?
*SMIRK*
It is the best time of the year for taking Sunset pictures from the front porch. :)
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