The shape traced out by the Sun when photographed at the same time each day 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 shape traced out by the Sun when photographed at the same time each day 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. 

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    this freaking makes my night. I am unreasonably excited by this picture.
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    This is so cool!
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    Also, a highly recognizable shape to anyone who read Neal Stephenson’s Anathem.
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