by APOD Robot » Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:56 am
December Sunrise, Cape Sounion
Explanation: The Sun is a
moving target. Its
annual motion through planet Earth's sky tracks north and south, from solstice to solstice, as the
seasons change. On December 21st, the solstice
marking the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the south, the Sun rose at its southernmost point along the eastern horizon. Earlier this month, looking toward the Aegean Sea from a well-chosen vantage point
at Cape Sounion, Greece, it also rose in
this dramatic scene. In the
foreground lies the twenty-four hundred year old
Temple of Poseidon.
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