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Sun path
« on: November 27, 2017, 06:17:53 AM »
Is there a thread that explains the sun's path? My particular first question is "What does the earth look like, and where does the sun set?"
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Thanks to Tom Bishop for his courtesy.

No flat map can predict commercial airline flight times among New York, Paris, Cape Town, & Buenos Aires.

The FAQ Sun animation does not work with sundials. And it has the equinox sun set toward Seattle (well N of NW) at my house in Mesa, AZ.

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Re: Sun path
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2017, 09:17:22 AM »
Please read the FAQ.
Read the FAQ before asking your question - chances are we already addressed it.
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If we are not speculating then we must assume

Re: Sun path
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Re: Sun path
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2017, 01:08:28 AM »
The sun goes under the earth when the moon is up. Look,

https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.q9x7e9Zbw6R7GIpUKRJ6aAHaEH&pid=15.1&P=0&w=386&h=215


if this is so, and the moon is not self illuminating, how can i still view the moon at night when the sun is below the firmament?
Light cannot penetrate earth. Is there an explanation?