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The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
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A Year of Sunrises from Taipei, Taiwan

March 21, 2022

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Photographer: Meiying Lee

Summary Author: Meiying Lee

The montage above shows a year of sunrises (2012-2013) as observed from
Taipei, Taiwan. If you carefully view where the Sun rises, you’ll
note that its position moves a lot during the course of a year,
likely a lot more than you might think. This is the result of both
Earth's revolution and the tilt of the Earth's rotation axis.

At the bottom of the sequence, shortly after the autumnal equinox
on October 5, sunrise was a little bit south of east and then continued
toward the south as the year progressed. When the Sun is directly above
the Tropic of Capricorn at noon (the winter solstice in the
Northern Hemisphere -- December 21), sunrise occurs in the southernmost
position in the sky.

At the spring equinox, sunrise is almost exactly due east.
Unfortunately, because of spring rains in Taipei, I wasn’t ablet to
record this sunrise. At the summer solstice (June 21), the Sun is
directly above the Tropic of Cancer at noon, and so sunrise occurs
in the most northerly position in the sky. After the summer solstice,
the sunrise position will slowly return to the east, and at the time of
the autumnal equinox, the Sun again rises due east, completing the
one-year cycle.

Photo details: Each sunrise photo is a combination of the sunrise photo
of that day and the landscape. The outline of the hill, just southeast
of Taipei, is used as a reference for alignment. Photos were taken in
Taipei, Taiwan from October 5, 2012, to September 24, 2013.
* Taipei, Taiwan Coordinates: 25.0330, 121.5654

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