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巨石阵上的日出至日

(原标题: Sunrise Solstice over Stonehenge)

2021-06-20

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今天,太阳到达了地球天空的最北端。许多文化将这一天称为冬至,标志着季节的变化——北半球从春天到夏天,南半球从秋天到冬天。准确地说,世界上某些地区的冬至时间是今天,而其他地区则是明天。这张特色照片拍摄于2008年夏至的那一周,地点在英国的巨石阵。照片中,日出景色如画,有雾、树、云、大约4500年前放置的石头,还有一个45亿年前的大发光球体。即使考虑到地球自转轴在几千年里的进动,太阳仍然以一种天文意义上的方式从巨石阵上方升起。

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Today the Sun reaches its northernmost point in planet Earth's sky. Called a solstice, many cultures mark this date as a change of seasons -- from spring to summer in Earth's Northern Hemisphere and from fall to winter in Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Precisely, the single time of solstice occurs today for some parts of the world, but tomorrow for other regions. The featured image was taken during the week of the 2008 summer solstice at Stonehenge in United Kingdom, and captures a picturesque sunrise involving fog, trees, clouds, stones placed about 4,500 years ago, and a 4.5 billion year old large glowing orb. Even given the precession of the Earth's rotational axis over the millennia, the Sun continues to rise over Stonehenge in an astronomically significant way.

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