Six months of Sun (Wael Omar WO)

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Six months of Sun

Today the Earth's axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a "nearly" equal amount of daylight and darkness at all latitudes. I have photographed the sun through 6 months from a fixed place to monitor the path of the sun along the horizon. My first image was in April 2023 and I continue to shoot the sunset on the 21th day of every month to show the drift of the sunset location. The image shows the summer solstice as the sun sets considerably north of due west. After the June solstice, the sun's path gradually drifts southward. By today September equinox, its path is again along the celestial equator and the sun sets directly west.
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Canon 200 D camera with 18-55 mm canon lens.
Each image is a 3-panel mosaic @18mm, each panel is HDR image with bracket shooting.
The settings of the images: ISO 100, 1/20 seconds, F8. This may differ a little due to different lighting conditions along the 6 months.
Date : 21 th of each month from April 2023 to September 2023.All images are taken from fixed place along the 6 months.
Note: On the far left side of each image you could see faint black triangles at the edge of the horizon, these are the Egyptian pyramids.
Choosing the location was so difficult in a very crowded city like Cairo as I wanted to have a wide view of the city and in same time a fixed location not altered by crowd or civil works so I spent too much time to search for this place. The place was above “Mokattam” hills so I have to climb a little up to be in the right spot and facing the sun along its journey during the last 6 months

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