Amazing Time Lapse: A Year of Sunrises

Oh, I love the Internet sometimes. Last week was the vernal equinox. When I wrote about it, I talked a bit about what it means for the position of the Sun when it sets on the horizon during the year. On the equinoctes (yes, that's the actual plural of equinox) it sets due west. On the June solstice it sets as far north of west as it can for the year, and on the December solstice it sets as far south as it can for the year. And all this is due to the tilt of the Earth as it orbits the Sun. The th...