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Meiying Lee
Taipei, Taiwan
09/24/2013
05:53 am

Equipment Details:

Canon EOS 600D + Len with focal length of 55mm to 250mm

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Each sunrise photo in the picture is a combination of the sunrise photo of the day and the landscape, and the outline of the hill in the southeast of Taipei is used as a reference for alignment.

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A Year of Sunrises in Taipei
If you observe the position of the sunrise carefully, you will find that the position of the sunrise moves a lot in a year, more than you think! This is the result of the earth's revolution and the tilt of the earth's rotation axis.
At the bottom of the picture is shortly after the autumnal equinox on October 5, 2012. The sunrise was a little bit south of the east and then continued to the south. At the winter solstice on December 21, the sun will directly hit the Tropic of Capricorn, and the sun will rise in the southernmost position, which is the southernmost position of sunrise during the year. Afterwards, the sunrise position will slowly return to the east. At the spring equinox, the sun will rise from the east. Unfortunately, the spring rains in Taipei are continuous, and the spring equinox sunrise is not recorded. After that, the sun began to move northward. At the summer solstice, the sun will directly hit the Tropic of Cancer. The sun will rise at the most northerly position in the east, which is the most northerly position of the sunrise in the year. The date I recorded is very close to the summer solstice in Jun 18. Afterwards, the sunrise position will slowly return to the east, and on September 24, the autumnal equinox the sun will rise due east, completing the one-year cycle.
These photos were taken from October 5, 2012 to the autumnal equinox of September 24, 2013.

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