Friday, October 5, 2007

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The picture of the sun over a course of year is really cool to me. I think its so awesome that you personally can map out the figure eight path of the sun called an analemma. This picture was taken in Turkey and the base picture that is used is very pretty on its own. This picture also includes Venus which was visible in the lower right hand corner of the picture. An analemma is a curve representing the angular offset of a celestial body. I didn't think it was possible to get this effect without using digital editing on the computer, it kind of makes me want to try on my own.

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