pwoolford
AR15's make me :-)
Bring on the cold!!
Forgive my asking a seemingly stupid question here, but doesn't the setting sun ALWAYS reach the trees?
...Like every day as it drops down to the horizon?
Its the location of the trees j8064 is using as a reference point. In the summer- sunset is farther north, in the winter - sunset is more southerly.
Exactly, Inigoes! The trees are simply reference points. In the pic below taken on June 20 (the summer solstice) the sun passed between the two larger trees on the right as it set. That's as far north as it gets.
I added the sun's position from the pic taken on August 11 so it's easy to see how much further south the sun is setting as we move toward fall.
Not an exact science. But it's one of the telltale signs fall is coming sooner rather than later...
Interesting.
That's pretty cool how you added the other sunset to the picture.
Very interesting.
Years ago we went to Ireland and visited some burial mounds that were built about 1,000 years ago and the entrance to the mound lined up with the rising sun during the winter solstice and reached all the way to the inside of the mound through a very narrow walkway.
It then lit up a ceremonial rock and gave everyone in attendance super human powers for exactly 24 hours. (Okay, I made this part up but very cool none the less....)
Tee hee. Winter is coming!
Bring winter on. Olivia likes snow.