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Explanation: If you took a picture of the Sun at the same time each day, would it remain in the same position? The answer is no, and the shape traced out by the Sun over the course of a year is called an analemma. The Sun's apparent shift is caused by the Earth's motion around the Sun when combined with the tilt of the Earth's rotation axis. The Sun will appear at its highest point of the analemma during summer and at its lowest during winter. Analemmas created from different Earth latitudes would appear at least slightly different, as well as analemmas created at a different time each day. The analemma pictured to the left was built up by Sun photographs taken from 1998 August through 1999 August from Ukraine. The foreground picture from the same location was taken during the early evening in 1999 July.
Originally posted by St Udio
... also the infinity symbol is exactly symmetrical & exactly horizontal
the image shown looks like a stretched out figure '8' or 'snowman' on a 30degree tilt.
Originally posted by Gools
Originally posted by St Udio
... also the infinity symbol is exactly symmetrical & exactly horizontal
the image shown looks like a stretched out figure '8' or 'snowman' on a 30degree tilt.
I'm thinking that if you did that at the equator it would be a perfect infinity symbol (or figure 8 if you prefer)
The extent of tilt and distortion observed would depend on your latitude no?
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[edit on 3/5/2007 by Gools]
Originally posted by St Udio
i looked at the 1 year time lapsed travel of the Sun,
interesting, but, my noonday sun is surely higher on the horizon
than those just above the mountain the picture shows.
Originally posted by a1ex
From wiki
We have:
"The precise origins of the infinity symbol ∞ are unclear. "