Posted on 09/21/2025 11:29:26 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Does the Sun set in the same direction every day? No, the direction of sunset depends on the time of the year. Although the Sun always sets approximately toward the west, on an equinox like tomorrow the Sun sets directly toward the west. After tomorrow's September equinox, the Sun will set increasingly toward the southwest, reaching its maximum displacement at the December solstice. Before tomorrow's September equinox, the Sun had set toward the northwest, reaching its maximum displacement at the June solstice. The featured time-lapse image shows seven bands of the Sun setting one day each month from 2019 December through 2020 June. These image sequences were taken from Alberta, Canada -- well north of the Earth's equator -- and feature the city of Edmonton in the foreground. The middle band shows the Sun setting during an equinox -- in March. From this location, the Sun will set along this same equinox band again tomorrow.
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Wow.
Edmonton city planners are clearly not stargazers.
In 10k years they’ll unearth the city and conclude ancient civilizations were far more advanced than 21st century peoples of that land.
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(and wait’ll they find the waste landfills)
This true only if you are on the equator. North of the equator it will be to some extant towards the south.
Where is there only one string of lights reflected in the water?
Nice.
Expand the picture. Reflection is from water, balance of surface is ice.
Oh wait... I had spaghetti for dinner...
I do not know why, specifically, this works but it does:
For several hours before and after the equinox you can balance a raw egg on its base and it will stay balanced until some external force topples it. I have done it many times, once one the pointy end.
It is said that at the equinox the forces of nature are balanced...I have never successful balanced an egg any other time I have tried..
Autumnal Equinox 2025
Date: September 22, 2025
Time: 2:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Equivalent: 11:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
I’d say from noon to 4:30 PM will be the best balancing window (EST).
Good luck!
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