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Driveway Analemma

Does the Sun return to the same spot on the sky every day?

No.

A more visual answer is an analemma, a composite of sky images taken at the same time and from the same place over a year.

At completion, you can see that the Sun makes a figure 8 on the sky.

The featured unusual analemma does not, however, picture the Sun directly: it was created by looking in the opposite direction.

All that was required was noting where the shadow of an edge of a house was in the driveway every clear day at the same time.

Starting in March in Falcon, Colorado, USA, the photographer methodically marked the shadow's 1 pm location.

In one frame you can even see the photographer himself.

Although this analemma will be completed in 2025, you can start drawing your own driveway analemma -- using no fancy equipment -- as soon as today.

Media Credits & Attribution

** Video Credit & Copyright: ** [Nick Wright](mailto: nickwrightdata @at@ gmail .dot. com)