Showing posts with label Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma. Show all posts
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma
If you went outside at exactly the same time every day and took a picture that included the Sun, how would the Sun appear to move? With great planning and effort, such a series of images can be taken. The figure-8 path the Sun follows over the course of a year is called an analemma. This coming Tuesday, the Winter Solstice day in Earth's northern hemisphere, the Sun will be at the bottom
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