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Sun’s path over Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Posted by in Today's Image | December 22, 2013

Six-month solargraphy – showing the sun’s high path in summer to low path in winter – taken over one of the sunniest cities in Canada.

View larger. | Solargraphy from June solstice 2013 to December solstice 2013 by Ian Hennes in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Visit Ian Hennes on Facebook.

View larger. | Sun’s path from June solstice 2013 to December solstice 2013 by Ian Hennes in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Visit Ian Hennes on Facebook.

Here is the path of the sun over the past six months. This type of photo is called a solargraphy. Ian Hennes wrote:

This is a 6-month pinhole photo taken from solstice to solstice, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. We are one of the sunniest cities in Canada, and this shows it nicely.

Beautiful, Ian! Thank you.

Deborah Byrd

Deborah Byrd

Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.

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