Plus ça change

The view looking Down East from Goomp's terrace just after sunrise this morning

No two moments of the same landscape ever look quite the same, as Monet delighted in showing us with his haystack series. But the relentless journey of the sun from south to north between the winter and summer solstices and then back again is unchanging. In case you missed our June 21 post last year:

As the Earth travels around the Sun in its orbit, the north-south position of the Sun changes over the course of the year due to the changing orientation of the Earth's tilted rotation axes. The dates of maximum tilt of the Earth's equator correspond to the summer solstice and winter solstice, and the dates of zero tilt to the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox.

When the sun finally popped out from behind the low-lying bank of clouds this morning, it was to the south (right in the photo) of the house on Eastern Point.  In about three weeks, on the longest day of the year, it will pop out just north of the house.

Comments

[Tony]

Sissy, I love your blog, but the captions you put beneath your photos are illegible, at least on my computer. Maybe I have my fonts set wrong on my system, but your captions (not the body text, which is fine) look tiny and cramped, and poorly-spaced. They're almost impossible to read. Just thought I'd give you some feedback about that.

--Tony

[Pat Baker]

Tony, while you are looking at the type, go up under View, then Text Size, then move up to a larger type. Presto, no problemo. There is something similar for the Mac Users, maybe under tools, but up along the upper bar. Life is good!

Sissy,
Looks like Kennebunkport to me. If you run into the Bakers from Auburn, Mass., tell them to get a computer so they can visit our sites!

pb
Little Pond

[Sissy Willis]

Close, but no cigar, Pat. York Harbor rules!