Posted on 12/21/2024 11:23:51 AM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: A year in sunsets, from April 2023 to March 2024, track along the western horizon in these stacked panoramic views. The well-planned sequence is constructed of images recorded near the 21st day of the indicated month from the same location overlooking Cairo, Egypt. But for any location on planet Earth the yearly extreme northern (picture right) and southern limits of the setting Sun mark the solstice days. The word solstice is from Latin for "Sun" and "stand still". On the solstice date the seasonal drift of the Sun's daily path through the sky appears to pause and reverse direction in its annual celestial journey. Of course the Sun reaches a stand still on today's date. The 21 December 2024 solstice at 09:21 UTC is the moment of the Sun's southernmost declination, the start of astronomical winter in the north and summer in the south.
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December 21st. My father used to call this the day women talked the least. He is gone now so I will not make a misogynist/truth call on this one.
We lived in a home in the Coachella Valley, think Palm Springs, with a West-facing view of two mountain ranges, the San Jacinto Mountains and the San Bernardino Mountains separated by the San Gorgognio Pass. It was amazing how over one year’s time the sun would appear to move across the San Jacinto Mountains and then through the pass before heading back in the other direction. On evenings when there were clouds in the sky, the sunsets were fantastic.
Merry Winter Solstice!
Thanks. Santa will be slipping on my new white (blanca) metal roof with two (dos) chimneys. Thanks to hurricane Miton.
The photographer’s series of images are pretty cool, almost like an analemma.
truly amazing how that wobble stays exactly the same for eons...
It must be the constant availability of alcohol.
btt!
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