I had the same reaction. I think the NASA page is simply mistaken. Either that or the image was edited to make it vertical.
Jack Aubert From: sundial <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Gottesman Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 10:59 AM To: Robert Terwilliger <[email protected]> Cc: Sundials List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Equinox Analemma The NASA page says the photos were taken at 4PM, but it sure looks like they were taken at mean solar noon (because the analemma is vertical). Does anyone have an explanation for this? -Bill On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:38 AM Robert Terwilliger <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Astronomy Picture of the Day https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180923.html --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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