Summer solstice

This is just a short series of pictures taken from the top floor of the Palms, which is the building perpendicular to the Atrium and to the left of our balcony. I took the first shots just before 6 a.m. on December 21st, which is just before the official summer solstice.  I took them early because I didn't trust that there were not be clouds hiding the eastern sky on the solstice, and I was right.  It has been fully clouded over every morning since that day. I'm writing this on December 26, 2023.   

I wanted to document how far south (past east) the sun had reached.  Jeanne was on our balcony watching the sun come up and said that it appeared exactly between the two trees you'll see. My perspective was slightly different of course. I was one floor up and probably 30 feet out from our balcony's position. That accounts for the sun appearing to rise from just to the left of the left-hand tree of the pair.   

On the winter solstice, in June of 2023, I took a picture of how far north of east the sun had progressed. As you have seen, I now have a shot of how far south of east it's positioned on the solstice. Today Jeanne and I measured the difference in degrees from the winter to the summer solstice positions using a plastic protractor I bought at the $2 Plus Store. It turned out to be about 73 degrees.  I think that's quite a lot, considering that the horizon is 360 degrees around.  

I've enjoyed doing our little bit of research, but now I've got a problem.  I've got to devise another study that will further justify the expenditure I made on these 'high-tech devices.'  

                                                                                                                                        -djf