Hey, lets all post observations of the sun's elevation at our local noon's on the 21st December. We could include the latitude at which the observation was taken and post the results as answers to this thread.
The results and the conclusions people draw from them could be "interesting".
I'm down. I would need some information on how to set up the photograph though... I'm not an astronomer like most people on this forum.
I imagine you did mean
astronomer? You should see what my spell checker does to me sometimes.
I'm afraid I would not be able to measure elevation angle very accurately either,
but with a straight stick (or a tent pole, 3 tent ropes an 3 tent pegs), a little tent peg, a piece of string, a level and a tape measure you can do it accurately enough.
Tie the string to the top of the stick or pole.
Drive the stick vertically into the ground (hence the level) or guy a tent pole vertical with 3 tent ropes and pegs.
At solar noon (get this from some website) line the string with the shadow of the sun and anchor it there with the peg.
From the height of the pole and the distance of the end of the shadow from the base of the (hopefully vertical), you can easily calculate the elevation angle.
More significant for the model, are the azimuth angles (north is 0°, east 90° south 180° and west 270°) of sunrise and sunset. The compass on a smartphone (if calibrated) is quite god enough.
I hope my attempt at explanation is understandable.
The same measurements at equinox and your summer solstice are very significant.
I have claimed that at either equinox, the sun rises (almost) due east everywhere on earth, except very close to the poles.
Of course, I get asked to prove it - well on my own, I can't do that, but if enough people independently measure it, maybe it will be convincing.