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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                 2024 December 21   
      
                                 A Year in Sunsets   
                        Image Credit & Copyright: Wael Omar   
      
      Explanation: A year in sunsets, from April 2023 to March 2024, track   
      along the western horizon in these stacked panoramic views. The   
      well-planed sequence is constructed of images recorded near the 21st   
      day of the indicated month from the same location overlooking Cairo,   
      Egypt. But for any location on planet Earth the yearly extreme northern   
      (picture right) and southern limits of the setting Sun mark the   
      solstice days. The word solstice is from Latin for "Sun" and "stand   
      still". On the solstice date the seasonal drift of the Sun's daily path   
      through the sky appears to pause and reverse direction in its annual   
      celestial journey. Of course the Sun reaches a stand still on today's   
      date. The 21 December 2024 solstice at 09:21 UTC is the moment of the   
      Sun's southernmost declination, the start of astronomical winter in the   
      north and summer in the south.   
      
                       Tomorrow's picture: just local fluff   
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