Part 23: SunPath-1

Although ancient Greeks would have had us believe Helios drove his Sun chariot across the sky each day we now know, thanks to Poland’s 16^th century astronomer Copernicus, it to be a myth.

Recalling early Spring of last year I remembered a few SunSet positions local to our home’s landscape, so decided to ‘plot’ them for interest through Spring 2021.

Winter Solstice seemed a suitable time to begin and I eagerly awaited SunSet on 21^st Dec, unfortunately the Sun was not playing ball until 29^th Dec so that is when I began. Other suitable SunSets presented themselves 23^rd Jan / 25^th Feb / 18^th Mar / 26^th Mar.

With the aid of a panoramic photo I have recorded the positions from those few cloud-free days which availed.

The SunSets appear irregularly placed on the photo, due to the variations in hill-side heights, but have a rather interesting and thus pleasing result.

I shall update leading up to Summer Solstice.

Merlin