Timeline for In a picture taken in Northern Hemisphere, the sun shines on skyscrapers solely from the right. What direction was the camera facing?
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| Jul 14, 2022 at 15:54 | comment | added | JeopardyTempest | (This N sky in NH/S sky in SH is for all locations in a hem, peaks at solstice, terminates at equinox) I believe it's due to the fact the rotation axis isn't normal to the sun location... so any point north of the Tropic of Cancer will rotate to where it's "below" the sun-facing point at some point in a day = sun to north (can verify with a globe/your hands). Most points have sun set eventually, but more Poleward the further it reaches before doing so. Someone wiser than me could probably help explain better, but it's an error I used to always make. But the bulk of what you say is agreed :-) | |
| Jul 14, 2022 at 15:44 | comment | added | JeopardyTempest | The one dispute I have is "the sun is always in the southern part of the sky". From what I've seen, counterintuitively, the more north you go, the further the sun actually gets into the northern sky in the morning and evening. SunCalc shows this as you change targets, and locations in the Arctic Circle are also proof the sun gets in the northern part of the sky... as the sun transits a full 360° each day; this video shows a full cycle, wish it labeled directions. | |
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| Jul 14, 2022 at 13:42 | history | answered | Fred | CC BY-SA 4.0 |