Each of us has repeatedly observed the majestic picture, how the sun rises and sets. In the city it is not possible to observe this phenomenon in all its beauty, since here the horizon is obscured by houses and other large structures. City dwellers see the Sun only when it is high above the horizon. Good to watch Sunrise in a village, or even better in a field or on the open sea. In the morning, dawn gradually dawns in the eastern part of the horizon, the sky takes on a fiery purple color, and at the same time a gradual brightening begins. Then, first, the small upper edge of the Sun's disk slowly appears from behind the horizon. This edge gradually increases until, finally, the entire shining disk of the sun appears above the horizon in all its grandeur. At the same time, it seems as if a huge ball of fiery crimson color lies on the very surface of the Earth. This impression dissipates only when the Sun gradually rises above the horizon. It seems to us that it is gradually moving across the sky. Moving all the time from left to right, the Sun first rises higher, its color becomes more and more light yellow, and its size decreases.
Having reached its highest point, the Sun, moving in the same direction, begins to gradually decline and, finally, completely disappears behind the horizon. But before this, again, just like in the morning, near the horizon the Sun becomes fiery purple and again seems to increase in size.
At this time, a beautiful sight is presented to our eyes. The evening is dawning. Sky in the direction sunset covered with a thick crimson. One gets the impression that this is the glow of a large fire raging somewhere far away. Particularly beautiful colors can be observed at this time at sea; not only water, but also all surrounding objects and people acquire a special color, a special glow. Air envelope
Why does the sky become so colored at sunrise and sunset? Our Earth, as we know, is surrounded by air envelope – atmosphere, which extends “up” to thousands of kilometers. The air shell has the greatest density at the surface of the Earth, and the “higher” it is, the more and more rarefied it becomes. Thus, we live at the bottom of a deep and vast ocean of air, in which colossal storms often occur, accompanied by electrical discharges, various currents of air masses and precipitation in the form of rain, snow and hail are observed; sometimes (after rain) a beautiful spectacle of a rainbow appears before our eyes; Often small solid bodies burst into our earthly atmosphere, and then against the background of the night sky we observe the phenomenon of a meteor. Thanks to the presence of air, the sky appears bluish to us during the day. In the old days, this blue air curtain was mistaken for some kind of solid, “crystal” firmament, which, in the form of a cap, seemed to cover the flat earth’s surface (more details:). In the morning and evening, when the Moon or Sun appears from behind the horizon or when they disappear behind the horizon, they appear to us reddish, purple. The Sun and Moon take on this color in the morning and evening because at this time we observe them through thicker layers of air than at the time when these celestial bodies are high above the horizon. It is known that The thicker the layer of atmosphere, the more rays are retained in it. The earth's atmosphere retains blue and green rays especially easily, and least of all red, orange and yellow. Due to this circumstance, the Sun, Moon and areas of the sky close to them in the mornings and evenings (when the Moon and Sun are low on the horizon) seem to us to be of some kind of crimson, orange or yellow-red color.Misconceptions about the Earth
In the old days, people thought that our Earth stood motionless in the center of the Universe, and the Sun and all other heavenly bodies revolved around it, and that therefore night gave way to day, and day to night. For example, the monk Kuzma Indikoplov, who lived in the sixth century AD, believed that the Universe was like a chest of grandiose dimensions. In his book Christian Topography he writes that“... the inhabited Earth rises from the south to the north higher and higher, so that the southern countries are much lower than the northern ones. Therefore, he says, the heavenly rivers Tigris and Euphrates, flowing from north to south, have a faster flow than the sacred river Nile, flowing from south to north. In the very north, he writes, there is a large mountain behind which the Sun is hidden. This, says Kuzma Indikoplov, causes the change of day and night.”According to Kuzma Indikoplov, angels reside above the firmament of heaven, collecting clouds, sending rain and snow, drought and cold, wind and storm. Science has long destroyed these misconceptions about the Earth and about the sun setting behind the northern mountain.
Daily rotation of the Earth
The true reason for this phenomenon is that the Earth does not stand still, but constantly rotates around a certain axis all the time, making a full revolution during the day. As a result of this daily rotation of the earth, it seems to expose first one or the other side of its surface to the rays of the Sun.
The hemisphere facing the Sun is illuminated and heated by it. Here all nature is awake under the life-giving rays of the sun. It is day in this hemisphere. The other hemisphere, facing the opposite direction, is not illuminated by the sun's rays at this time, therefore, it is night there, and all nature falls asleep. Due to the constant axial rotation of the Earth, its hemispheres change their positions in relation to the Sun. Therefore, where there was night, day comes after a few hours, and vice versa. It should be noted that on the same meridian the time is the same everywhere, but on different meridians it is different. This circumstance introduces a certain order into almost all areas of national economic life. “It’s time to finish work,” we say, the sun has already set.”And indeed, when night falls, work stops almost everywhere. Nature and people fall asleep. But at the same time, the working day begins on the other hemisphere. So we alternate our rest, sleep and working time depending on the daily rotation of the Earth, and it rotates forever, without needing rest, like a “perpetual” motion machine. Only transport, regardless of sunrise and sunset, day and night, operates around the clock. The movement of railway trains is indicated by rails, a river steamer is shown by a buoy, and sea and air ships are helped to navigate the air and water spaces by lighthouses, a compass, a radio, modern navigators and the starry sky.
All methods of solar orientation are based on an understanding of where the Sun rises, where it sets, and how it moves relative to the cardinal directions during the day. Despite the fact that there are features in the movement of the Sun across the sky depending on the latitude of the area and the time of year, in general, from an astronomical point of view, its movement is very stable. The sun always rises on the eastern side of the planet and sets on the western side (although it rises strictly in the east only on certain days, just as it sets strictly in the west only on two days a year), in one or another hemisphere in one or another season in a particular time of day it is located at a specific point in the celestial sphere. Knowing these dependencies, you can use the position of the star to determine your own location and the required direction of movement with sufficient accuracy for orientation purposes.
The trajectory of the “movement” of the zenith of the Sun during the year beyond the Arctic Circle
There are many known methods of orienting by the Sun, including with and without a clock, with a gnomon, with various structures on the ground, and simply with observing the Sun in the sky.
However, before talking about specific methods for determining the cardinal directions by the Sun, it is necessary to understand the theoretical basis of these methods. Without understanding the theory, there is a risk of using most orientation methods incorrectly due to their dependence on latitude and time. And such mistakes can be fraught with disorientation and danger to life. It is thanks to the theory that there will be no need to memorize orientation methods: a person himself will be able to come up with his own method, based on an understanding of the processes underlying all methods of orientation by the Sun. The examples given here will allow you to better understand the issue and push your thoughts in the right direction.
Theoretical basis
Here we list the axioms, proven facts and some conclusions that follow from them.
Truth #1. The earth revolves around the sun.
Truth #2. The rotation of the Earth, when viewed from above the north pole, is counterclockwise. From this it follows that the Sun initially illuminates the more eastern regions. For an observer on Earth, it looks as if the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
From the same truth it follows that the Sun in the middle of its movement, that is, in the interval between east and west, which corresponds to the middle of the day, for the observer will be at the highest point of its trajectory of movement - the zenith. At the same time it will be on the north-south line.
If we imagine that the observer is in the northern hemisphere, it turns out that the Sun for him moves across the celestial sphere from left to right. If the observer moves to the southern hemisphere (for example, to Australia), then the movement of the Sun for him will be from right to left. But this rule clearly works only in middle and high latitudes, and in tropical zones and at the equator it can change due to a phenomenon that we will discuss later.
Truth #3. The Earth's rotation axis is tilted relative to the Sun at an angle of 23.44 degrees. This, combined with the fact that the Earth rotates around the Sun, leads to the fact that at different times of the year for an observer located at one point on the Earth, the trajectory of the Sun’s movement along the celestial sphere will shift either higher or lower.
With a higher position of the Sun above the horizon, its rays will fall on the surface of the Earth at a more obtuse angle, which means more light will fall per unit area than in the case of a lower position of the Sun - it will become warmer in this area and eventually summer will come. The reverse process will lead to colder temperatures and the onset of winter.
Due to the tilt of the earth's axis, it turns out that when winter comes in the northern hemisphere, summer comes in the southern hemisphere, and vice versa.
Understanding these processes, it is easy to guess that the Sun will rise strictly in the east and set strictly in the west only on the days of the spring and autumn equinoxes, when the length of the day is equal to the length of the night. From March to September the Sun will rise in the northeast and set in the northwest, and between September and March it will rise in the southeast and set below the horizon in the southwest.
To say where the Sun will be at noon, you need to know where on Earth the observer will be.
For example, consider the period from June to December in the northern hemisphere. During this period, in middle and high latitudes the Sun will be in the south. At the equator, the Sun will first be in the north and then in the south. In the tropical region, the picture will be similar to the picture at the equator, with the only exception that there will be fewer days on the northern side of the Sun, and the more pronounced this difference will be, the further from the equator and closer to the temperate zone the observer is.
In the period from June to December in the northern hemisphere the opposite pattern will be observed. Note that stability will only be in the middle and high latitudes: here the Sun will be in the south at noon throughout the year.
Truth #4. The Earth rotates at an angular speed of approximately 15 degrees per hour. Therefore, the movement of the Sun across the sky observed from Earth occurs at approximately the same speed.
Truth #5. If you face north, you will see south behind you, east to your right, and west to your left.
Well, we’ve sorted out the theoretical part, which means it’s time to move on directly to considering methods of orientation by the Sun.
How to determine cardinal directions by the Sun
There are many different methods of orientation, but we will analyze only five of them, which will allow you to navigate in almost any situation when the Sun is visible in the sky.
Method number 1. By the clock and the sun
We already know where the Sun should be at 6 o'clock in the morning, 6 o'clock in the evening and at 12 o'clock in the afternoon, which means that at this time, which can be determined by a clock, we can more or less accurately find the cardinal directions.
For example, at 18:00 the Sun should be in the west. This means that if at this time we stand in such a way that the Sun is exactly to the left, then the north will be in front of us, the south will be behind us, and the east will be on the right.
Method No. 2. By the shadow of the pole
Because the Sun is at its highest during the middle of the day, shadows cast by vertical, straight objects (such as a utility pole) will be the shortest. The shortest shadow will mean that the Sun is on a north-south line. And where exactly - in the north or south - depends on the hemisphere, and in the tropical and equatorial zone, as we remember, on the time of year.
These two methods allow you to navigate anywhere in the world on a clear day. However, for a person moving along the route, they are inconvenient, since they do not provide the opportunity to orient themselves at any time of the day other than 6, 12 and 18 o’clock. Therefore, we will analyze a more suitable method for this case.
Method No. 3. By two shadow points
Since the Sun always moves from east to west, the shadow cast by objects in its rays will move in the opposite direction. Thus, if you mark the position of the end of the shadow on a flat horizontal area twice with a short (15–20 minutes) interval of time, you will get two points. If these points are connected by a straight line, it will approximately correspond to the west-east direction (the first point will point to the west, the second to the east). Knowing the two sides of the world, it is not difficult to find all the others.
However, this method also has its drawbacks. It requires a flat horizontal platform, so it cannot always be implemented correctly. For example, in mountainous areas or people sitting in a moving boat, it may have problems.
The simplest construction using shadows to find the direction north
In this regard, we will consider another method for which it is not necessary to have a flat horizontal surface.
Method number 4. According to the Sun and clock with arrows
This method is based on the fact that the Sun moves twice as fast as the hour hand of a clock, that is, during the time that the hour hand makes a turn, for example, by 30 degrees, the Sun travels a path across the sky equal to 60 degrees.
To find the north-south direction:
- The clock is placed horizontally with the dial up.
- The hour hand is directed towards the Sun, or rather towards its projection onto the horizon.
- Determine the direction to the south or north (depending on the point on the globe where the person is located). To do this, draw a bisector from the angle formed by the hour hand and the number “12” - this will be the direction to the south (north).
Note that if it is 6 o’clock in the morning, then the bisector will point to the number “9”, but if it is 6 o’clock in the evening, then to the number “3” on the dial. Often it is at this moment that people studying this method have questions and confusion.
It should be noted that this method only works correctly in the northern hemisphere, when the Sun moves from left to right. In other regions, when the Sun moves backwards, the method needs to be changed.
But what to do if the watch is not mechanical, but electronic without hands, or the only source from which you can find out the time is a radio point? Especially for this case, I came up with my own method, which I have been using successfully for several years now.
Method No. 5. According to the Sun and time
It is based on the understanding that the Sun moves across the sky from east to west at an angular speed of 15 degrees per hour, and at 12 o'clock it is located on the north-south line. The method is implemented as follows:
- Determines how much time is left before noon (12:00) or how much has passed since noon.
- Knowing the time and speed of the Sun, the angle at which the Sun will be relative to the north-south direction is determined.
- If noon has not yet arrived, then the angle obtained as a result of calculations is laid off from the Sun, or rather its projection onto the horizon, in the course of its movement. If noon has already passed, then this angle is laid away from the Sun in the opposite direction. This gives the north-south direction.
If noon has not yet arrived, then you need to position yourself so that the Sun is on the right. If the time has passed past noon, then you need to position yourself so that the Sun is to the left. In this case, the north will be in front of your face and the south behind your back.
The last two methods give the smallest error in high latitudes during the polar day, while the Sun is visible above the horizon, as well as in mid-latitudes in winter, when the Sun does not rise high above the horizon. In the tropics and at the equator, these methods give big errors due to the fact that the Sun at noon is located highest above the horizon, and therefore it is not recommended to navigate in these regions using them.
Note that in all of these methods where time readings are used, it is necessary to make an adjustment to take into account the transfer of clocks to daylight saving time, as well as, if necessary, to obtain more accurate results - and other factors that influence the deviation in the readings of earthly and astronomical clocks.
All of the listed methods of solar orientation are reliable and can be used as emergency methods in conditions where, for some reason, it is not possible to use modern instruments designed for these purposes.
These methods are more reliable than methods of orientation using moss, quarter pillars, and church crosses, so often described in specialized literature. Also, in most cases, these methods are more practical than star navigation methods, since often a group or person who finds themselves in an emergency situation has to overcome the route during daylight hours, when the likelihood of injury is minimal and it is easier to see the surrounding area and landmarks on it.
People are divided into 2 groups, and approximately equally:
1. Observing the world through eyes, feelings, intuition and other “gifts of God”, which cannot be counted. With interest, although not without healthy skepticism, they notice actual changes in the behavior of the luminary and reality in general.
Relation to the question: " Yes, it’s strange, but it happens and it’s no longer possible to simply blame everything on glitches."
2. Observing the world through books, formulas, prescribed coordinates and authoritative opinions.
Relation to the question: " If this is not written in a scientific publication or at least told on TV, this cannot be. Never!"
For some, the world is obviously changing, the scope of reality is expanding, contrary to old beliefs.
For others, the world is static, the rules are unshakable, change is impossible, and going beyond what is permitted is tantamount to losing oneself. The fear of losing familiar landmarks lulls the mind, depriving it of flexibility, and often even arouses aggression.
Read the official version on the wiki:
Anticipation of the equinoxes (lat. praecessio aequinoctiorum) is a historical name for the gradual displacement of the points of the spring and autumn equinoxes (that is, the points of intersection of the celestial equator with the ecliptic) towards the apparent annual movement of the Sun. In other words, each year the spring equinox occurs a little earlier than the previous year - by about 20 minutes 24 seconds. In angular units, the displacement is now approximately 50.3" per year, or 1 degree every 71.6 years . This displacement is periodic, and approximately every 26,000 years the equinoxes return to their original positions.
Of course, the points of sunrise and sunset change throughout the year, but with a stable system they should be repeated equally from year to year. We should not notice different positions of the sun and different times of sunrises and sunsets on the same dates throughout our entire lives, because... according to the official version they are happening too slowly
However, as simple observations show, this is not the case, and nature clearly reacts to these changes (blue text from the comments):
Group 1:
-I’ve been living in one place for 30 years and watching the sun set from the same point. So, the sunset point on the horizon has shifted. Essentially since my childhood.
In Moscow 8 years ago it got light much later!
I live in the Krasnadar region, my window faces east and I had clear landmarks of the sunrise location. A few years ago I noticed that the sun began to rise 15-20 degrees north of its usual place, and now even more. And yes, the times of dawn and dusk have shifted.
- At first it “seemed” to me too, but then I began to notice something that had never been seen in our area before. And the place of sunset, especially in autumn, has shifted significantly. Almost 15 degrees. And sometimes in the summer now a phenomenon very close to “white nights” happens... I’m quietly freaking out, like some of those with whom I sometimes discuss this
I noticed that the sun sets in the northwest and rises in the northeast. those. those with north-facing windows can now watch sunsets and sunrises, which was not the case before
- In my room in a corner house there are three windows, at the corners of the rooms it means north south west east., the first window is between north and east, the second window looks east, the third window is between east and south. This year, it feels like the sunrise and sunset have shifted, as it were, from the northeast to the south, I have flowers on every window, and they subtly sense natural changes, earlier on the window northeast from the rising sun and before lunch, the flowers would get burns, This year it is now necessary to remove flowers from the eastern window on hot days.
- I live in Yaroslavl, I also noticed it. At home, to prevent the sun from shining in my eyes at sunset, I always curtained half the window. Now we have to close the curtains completely - the sun has begun to set in a different place.
Yes, and in Ukraine it’s dawning very early now. Just recently I was surprised that sunrise and sunset moved to the North, I asked everyone: what is this? And in general, strange things happen in nature - the sky is unusually beautiful, the magnolia tree has begun to bloom for the second time, there are apples hanging on the apple tree and flowers are coming out nearby! Miracles!
In Kyiv it has also shifted. Noticed it yesterday at sunset. Mom never had any sun in the evening; last night it was shining through the window.
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One of the apartments in Novorossiysk, I rarely come there, usually May-June. The windows face not only the north, they face the beginning of the Caucasian ridge, i.e., the mountains. This year the sun not only rises earlier (I always woke up at 5:30, this year, starting in February at 4:20, as if on cue), it rises one mountain to the left, i.e. in the northeast, and not in the east. And it sets to the north. And it also has a strange white-hot color, not yellow, and this has nothing to do with the air temperature. The color is very unpleasant, dead.
And there is still no temperature difference between day and evening, literally 2-3 degrees, i.e. 34 in the shade during the day, 30 at night.
- I myself go to bed at 3 am and see that the axis has changed. three weeks ago I was in the Tushino hospital and the Sun was on the horizon at three in the morning, and at 5 in the morning it was as high as at 12 o’clock in the old days. the axis displacement is very strong
- Previously, the sun at sunset always +/- set in the interval of the river delta, where it “poured out” into the “Arabian Sea”, like into a kind of fork. But now - no, he goes over the hill.
The same thing, I really feel it when it gets light. I woke up and looked, and it was still light out of time... and the sunrise angles this year are different relative to the same place of residence.
I have been living in the same house for 18 years, the orientation of the house is latitudinal. The bedroom windows face the north side and this side has never been insolated! This summer at 4:30 am I am woken up by the sun shining through my bedroom window! Previously, the Sun did not shine through the windows on the north side at all (i.e., the Sun could not be seen from the north windows). Now, starting from 4-30 in the morning, the Sun shines brightly straight through the window from the northeast, and after two hours it goes to the other side of the house (south). Several times we had to stay up late, and around 3 o’clock in the morning it was already starting to get light, which was very surprising.
Absolutely the same picture! The same orientation of the apartment, and also a shift in the place of sunrise and sunset. In terms of time... It also seemed to me that it used to be, but I’m not sure, because it has long seemed to me that the nights in Moscow are no longer the same as they used to be, they are light in the summer, not yet white, but no longer darkens to real darkness.
I also noticed that it gets brighter early in Moscow now. Too early.
Birds have become very active at night. At both two and three o'clock the voices of birds are heard. I haven't noticed this before. The noise of the birds is so loud that it sometimes disturbs sleep.
I live in Tula. The windows face north. Indeed, the sun began to set much further north than before, and rises not in the east, but in the northeast. Moreover, it does not set, but moves parallel to the horizon, the room became unusually bright at night, and on the horizon (where the sun moves) the sky is bright all night. Sunrise is very early. Not the same as it was before.
-A year or two ago I observed the rocking of the Earth as Yar set. Now the time has been shifted by 2 hours Yar at the zenith at 12. But at 2 am it begins to get light and when there are no clouds, the sky is filled with white light even in the south. Really white nights, Yaroslavl. This was not the case 4 years ago.
The Earth is shifting in the solar system, and the solar system is also shifting, and so on. But in practice, I have been living in an apartment since 1976, all the windows face east. Previously, at 5 in the morning the sun was barely visible. But now at this time it is is in that place as if the time is 10 o’clock in the morning. Or maybe we are moving differently, but I don’t see that.
The axis changes. The earth is growing and expanding. Volcanoes have indicated their living existence and are fully functioning. And the structure of water and air also changes.
- Yes, and in Ukraine it’s dawning very early now. Just recently I was surprised that sunrise and sunset moved to the North, I asked everyone: what is this? And in general, strange things happen in nature - the sky is unusually beautiful, the magnolia tree has begun to bloom for the second time, there are apples hanging on the apple tree and flowers are coming out nearby! Miracles!
In Kuban this year dawn is an hour earlier than last
- I agree that there have been changes in the time of sunrise, it rises almost an hour earlier in July than in June. I have been observing this for two months, someone wakes me up before sunrise and I go to the balcony to greet the sun’s arrival, it has become different both physically and visually, and your comments and others have convinced me that I am not the only one who sees this, thank you.
- In the winter of 2013-14, throughout December and January, I could not find the Big Dipper in the sky (and even more so the North Star). After the children’s classes, we returned at about eight in the evening, there were other stars. I persistently looked at the sky every time, but alas. I thought then that perhaps our stars are now visible in another hemisphere. I forgot about them until the summer, until I saw them in the dark Altai sky them again (I was glad to have found the loss). As for the early summer sunrises (perception may be dulled in winter), I began to notice them around 13-14. I was surprised by the dawn at half past two in the morning, but it didn’t happen all the time, but in some fits and starts, and I thought that maybe it was bugging me and the urban environment was also influencing it. But in 15, in the summer, being in a village in Altai, where the night comes quickly and it is dark, the presence of periodic early dawns was confirmed. I am a “night owl” and sometimes I don’t sleep until dawn, the curtains are tightly drawn, what is outside the window is not visible. And one June night, a neighbor's rooster began to crow heart-rendingly. It was about three in the morning, he was screaming for a long time and I became curious, I pulled back the curtains. The bright sun was shining in the sky (like a bright light bulb), although the sky was faded, dawn. But it was so not every time, so any transitions to winter-summer time have nothing to do with it. They also wrote in the comments about thunderstorms without rain and thunder; in Altai I observed them for three summers in a row - only bright flashes of lightning, sometimes for half the night.Moreover, she noted that there are two summers in a row, the sun no longer rises and sets in opposite directions. Right now we are relaxing in our village in the Zhiguli Mountains. Again, there are early sunrises, then ordinary ones, and also at about 10 pm in the south a bright orange lantern lights up, which does not look like a star.
In the Tambov region at 4:30 the sun’s disk comes out over the horizon. Last year I observed this an hour later.
I completely agree! There were no such early sunrises. This summer is generally very strange; at three it’s already getting light.
For four years I have been observing the same picture in Krasnoyarsk. and the sunrise shifted to the south.
- I noticed that here (I live in Krasnodar) the sun somehow disappears from view too quickly - the windows face south and 5 years ago it was in sight (and hot) until 16-17 pm and went behind the roof, now to At 15 o'clock it ALREADY goes behind the roof.... Well, it began to rise in a slightly different place, moved to the side or something, not the same way as before. I wasn't the only one who noticed this. The position of the sun in the sky has shifted to the north, the angle has become different. And at 4 am it is already VERY light, like during the day, but the sun is not yet visible. It used to be so bright around 6 am
I noticed that this year in our area (Yaroslavl region) the raspberries ripened very early. In previous years it was the end of July. I noticed that the grasshoppers were chirping like in August. And yes, it gets light early. My husband sleeps in an eye mask, which has never happened before.
Oslo. I see endless energy flows from the Earth, literally without beginning or end. Then, looking at the sky, I suddenly had the feeling that someone was watching me/us from above. It’s as if I’m in some kind of Petri thicket and under a transparent dome. There was no such feeling before. On the Internet it says that sunset is at 22.28, the time is 2300, and the sun is still shining..
Agree. Both the time and place of sunrises and sunsets have changed. And the berries ripen earlier, I was surprised by this... I live in the extreme north-west of the Moscow region
Ukraine sunrise is the same as before, without changes. But the sun really appears and sets in the wrong place, the sunset shifts to the north.
- South of Moscow. It began to get light at approximately 2.30, in Yandex the sunrise is listed on July 13 at 4 o'clock. From the window, half of the sky is light, including the area where the sun was setting. We always go to bed late and now it’s always before dark, since it’s already light at 2-3 o’clock in the morning.
The early sunrises this summer are driving me crazy, because for some reason I wake up like an alarm clock at around 4.30-5 and it’s already unrealistically light, something is wrong..
- Kazan, the same thing. Even earlier by 10.15 minutes than in Moscow. It gets dark more or less until 1:30 and that’s it
My house is located strictly according to magnetic fields - 2 windows to the east, 2 windows to the west, entrance from the north, another wall to the south. They just built the house that way. I specifically checked the location of the house using magnetic fields to determine zones according to Feng Shui 2 years ago. And today I decided to check again:
Can someone explain this clearly? In simple language that many people can understand?
P.S.: at the same time, I sat facing south (the old south, since where the new one is visible from the compass).
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Group 2:
This is all due to the desire to come up with crazy theories;)))
It's simple. Navigational twilight. Almost white nights))
There is no cause for alarm. In the north, everything remains as it was. White nights in Karelia were and still are nights. If something shifted there, then the Arctic Circle would also move, and our sun would not set below the horizon. So look for other explanations for your early sunrises.
And soon the earth will fly onto the celestial axis, have you heard? Well, the one I turned to recently. And the other two axes, which are stable, will fly to the side. This will be an extravaganza, better than getting stuck with chemtrails.
It seems to me that the last time the clock was changed somehow clumsily. After this, it became always dark at 9 pm, even in summer, and dawn is very early
Damn it! They are starting to guess!
No, no, changing the clock has absolutely nothing to do with it! It's all the earth's axis, yeah. The bears rub against it, wobble, and so they bend it! They specifically wrote in red and white for you: “This cannot be explained by anything else,” but if it is written in red (and even in bold), then this is an indisputable fact, everyone knows it!
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All this is very reminiscent of one illustrative example, which has long been observed in many variations:
A group of people sees an object in the sky that does not fit into the framework of logical explanations. They may even record it on camera, but the point is:
Alone perceive it as a certain sign or simply an unusual phenomenon that deserves attention and does not have such simple explanations.
Other but they are ready to blame everything on swamp gas, Chinese lanterns and meteorites, just to not allow facts into their consciousness that destroy familiar, comfortable and warm stereotypes. Such people often do not remember what they observed at all the very next day; their memory simply filters out what they saw (of course).
The most ridiculous example was when a group of friends recorded an apparent UFO (object inexplicable by logic) on video camera, and when showing it to their loved ones, they said “yes, you drank, so you saw all sorts of nonsense!”
And here all the arguments fail, the consciousness is so blinkered that it is not able to contain even a small fraction of the “unknown”, even for analysis.
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I became interested in this issue in 2012.
I have been living in my apartment (Moscow) for 35 years. The windows face strictly west and, accordingly, I spend all my conscious
life I constantly watched sunsets of varying degrees of beauty from the window. Accordingly, I got used to the view from the window and where (at different times of the year and time of day) the Sun should set. And I give my word of honor that neither my house nor the other houses around moved anywhere, and moving the clock hands probably didn’t affect them in any way! :) And when one fool on the throne turns the arrows back and forth, then this is an excellent “excuse”. Because It wasn’t fools who whispered into that fool’s ear. Now I regret that I didn’t keep a diary of observations (Aha! “Native nature” - like in primary school).
Case No. 1)
In 2012 (if you remember - “Ah-ah! The end of the world! Armageddon! We will all die!”) I began to notice that the sunsets became somehow strange and the Sun began to set a little to the north. “It can’t be! They didn’t say anything on TV, in the news!”, like “Well, since Ren-TV is silent.”
Well, if you don’t believe your eyes, you fool, I bought Adrianov’s compass (cool - as much as 64 points, and not the usual 16 or 32). Noticed that the Sun sets instead of the usual between W and WNW, goes behind WNW and close to NW.
I told (and showed) a friend. He - “What nonsense! They would have talked about this on TV a long time ago!”
Case No. 2) Just last week, I was standing by the window, smoking, admiring the beautiful sunset. I noticed that the Sun had again flown somewhere in the wrong direction. Grab a compass - and there, beyond the NW and almost close to the NNW (i.e. north-northwest).
Case No. 3)
Since spring, Girlfriend began to complain that she constantly does not get enough sleep due to the fact that now the Sun is shining through the window very (very, very!) early. She even specially bought and hung heavy and thick curtains. Me - “You’ve lived in this apartment all your life and only now noticed it? Don’t you think there’s something wrong with the Sun?”
She - “This can’t be! It’s the SUN!!! They DEFINITELY told us!”. Yeah... 2 times... in Malakhov's program.
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Enthusiasts are often more competent than professors with regalia. People interested in the alternative and anomalies are not as stupid as some would like to believe, since they use critical thinking much more often, compared to orthodox science, which uses unproven theories as dogma.
So, dear friends.
Taken individually, all the topics covered in this blog may look like complete schizophrenia for a rigid logician (“If it can’t be measured and touched, then it can’t be!”), or completely explainable phenomena, nothing supernatural.
But taken together they show a certain trend, namely:
Reality is not static, it evolves, expands, breathes, changes occur constantly, rules change. More obvious for some than others. It’s just that someone allows these changes into their world, while others deny and fanatically cling to the established model, literally forbidding themselves to see, hear and feel.
And it is not so important what has shifted there - the earth’s axis, the progress of the planet behind the star in galactic space, or the prism of our perception.
The main thing is that it is happening and they are very actively trying to hide it at official levels along with our real history, physics, the capabilities of consciousness and many other knowledge that is inconvenient for the system*
, distorting facts or masking what really happened, virtuality and a quantum computer, and our perception in it is distorted by our own brain
And much more, which is better not to be mentioned in polite society, but this does not go away...
If our planet did not revolve around the Sun and was absolutely flat, the celestial body would always be at the zenith and would not move anywhere - there would be no sunset, no dawn, no life. Fortunately, we have the opportunity to watch the sun rise and set - and therefore life on planet Earth continues.
The Earth tirelessly moves around the Sun and its axis, and once a day (with the exception of polar latitudes) the solar disk appears and disappears beyond the horizon, indicating the beginning and end of daylight hours. Therefore, in astronomy, sunrise and sunset are the times when the top point of the solar disk appears or disappears above the horizon.
In turn, the period before sunrise or sunset is called twilight: the solar disk is located close to the horizon, and therefore some of the rays, entering the upper layers of the atmosphere, are reflected from it onto the earth's surface. The duration of twilight before sunrise or sunset directly depends on latitude: at the poles they last from 2 to 3 weeks, in the polar zones - several hours, in temperate latitudes - about two hours. But at the equator, the time before sunrise is from 20 to 25 minutes.
During sunrise and sunset, a certain optical effect is created when the sun's rays illuminate the earth's surface and sky, coloring them in multi-colored tones. Before sunrise, at dawn, the colors have more delicate shades, while sunset illuminates the planet with rays of rich red, burgundy, yellow, orange and very rarely green.
The sunset has such an intensity of colors due to the fact that during the day the earth's surface warms up, humidity decreases, the speed of air flows increases, and dust rises into the air. The difference in color between sunrise and sunset largely depends on the area where a person is located and observes these amazing natural phenomena.
External characteristics of a wondrous natural phenomenon
Since the sunrise and sunset can be spoken of as two identical phenomena that differ from each other in the saturation of colors, the description of the sun setting over the horizon can also be applied to the time before sunrise and its appearance, only in the reverse order.
The lower the solar disk descends to the western horizon, the less bright it becomes and first turns yellow, then orange and finally red. The sky also changes its color: at first it is golden, then orange, and at the edge - red.
When the solar disk comes close to the horizon, it acquires a dark red color, and on both sides of it you can see a bright streak of dawn, the colors of which from top to bottom go from bluish-green to bright orange tones. At the same time, a colorless glow forms above the dawn.
Simultaneously with this phenomenon, on the opposite side of the sky, a stripe of an ash-bluish hue (the shadow of the Earth) appears, above which you can see a segment of orange-pink color, the Belt of Venus - it appears above the horizon at an altitude of 10 to 20 ° and in a clear sky visible anywhere on our planet.
The further the Sun goes beyond the horizon, the more purple the sky becomes, and when it drops four to five degrees below the horizon, the shade acquires the most saturated tones. After this, the sky gradually becomes fiery red (Buddha’s rays), and from the place where the sun’s disk set, stripes of light rays stretch upward, gradually fading, after the disappearance of which a fading strip of dark red color can be seen near the horizon.
After the shadow of the Earth gradually fills the sky, the Belt of Venus dissipates, the silhouette of the Moon appears in the sky, then the stars - and night falls (twilight ends when the solar disk goes six degrees below the horizon). The more time passes after the Sun leaves the horizon, the colder it becomes, and by the morning, before sunrise, the lowest temperature is observed. But everything changes when, a few hours later, the red Sun begins to rise: the solar disk appears in the east, the night goes away, and the earth’s surface begins to warm up.
Why is the sun red
The sunset and sunrise of the red Sun has attracted the attention of mankind since ancient times, and therefore people, using all the methods available to them, tried to explain why the solar disk, being yellow, acquires a reddish tint on the horizon line. The first attempt to explain this phenomenon was legends, followed by folk signs: people were sure that the sunset and rise of the red Sun did not bode well.
For example, they were convinced that if the sky remained red for a long time after sunrise, the day would be unbearably hot. Another sign said that if before sunrise the sky in the east is red, and after sunrise this color immediately disappears, it will rain. The rising of the red Sun also promised bad weather if, after its appearance in the sky, it immediately acquired a light yellow color.
The rising of the red Sun in such an interpretation could hardly satisfy the inquisitive human mind for long. Therefore, after the discovery of various physical laws, including Rayleigh’s law, it was found that the red color of the Sun is explained by the fact that it, as having the longest wave, scatters much less in the dense atmosphere of the Earth than other colors.
Therefore, when the Sun is at the horizon, its rays slide along the earth's surface, where the air has not only the highest density, but also extremely high humidity at this time, which delays and absorbs the rays. As a result, only rays of red and orange colors are able to break through the dense and humid atmosphere in the first minutes of sunrise.
Sunrise and sunset
Although many people believe that in the northern hemisphere the earliest sunset occurs on December 21, and the latest on June 21, in reality this opinion is erroneous: the days of the winter and summer solstices are only dates that indicate the presence of the shortest or longest day of the year.
Interestingly, the further north the latitude, the closer to the solstice the latest sunset of the year occurs. For example, in 2014, at a latitude of sixty-two degrees, it occurred on June 23. But at the thirty-fifth latitude, the latest sunset of the year occurred six days later (the earliest sunrise was recorded two weeks earlier, a few days before June 21).
Without a special calendar at hand, it is quite difficult to determine the exact time of sunrise and sunset. This is explained by the fact that while rotating uniformly around its axis and the Sun, the Earth moves unevenly in an elliptical orbit. It is worth noting that if our planet were moving around the Sun, such an effect would not be observed.
Humanity noticed such time deviations a long time ago, and therefore throughout their history people have tried to clarify this issue for themselves: the ancient structures they erected, extremely reminiscent of observatories, have survived to this day (for example, Stonehenge in England or the Mayan pyramids in America).
Over the past few centuries, astronomers have created lunar and solar calendars by observing the sky to calculate the time of sunrise and sunset. Nowadays, thanks to the virtual network, any Internet user can calculate sunrise and sunset using special online services - to do this, just indicate the city or geographic coordinates (if the required area is not on the map), as well as the required date.
Interestingly, with the help of such calendars you can often find out not only the time of sunset or dawn, but also the period between the beginning of twilight and before sunrise, the length of day/night, the time when the Sun will be at its zenith, and much more.
The sunrise and sunset are truly a majestic picture. In all its beauty, it unfolds in open space - outside the city, in the field and especially at sea. That part of the horizon where the sun rises and sets is painted in crimson colors, as if an invisible artist touches the sky with a magic brush.
How does the sun rise?
Early in the morning, the horizon in the east begins to slowly turn red - this is the morning dawn. The night gives way to day, gradually brightens, and the dawn fills the lower edge of the sky with more and more fiery light.
Then, from behind the part of the horizon where the sun rises, the upper edge of its disk slowly appears. As it rises, it increases in size until it completely appears before the awakening earth in its royal radiance. At this moment, one gets the impression that it floats above its surface like a huge one. But this doesn't last long. The sun, moving from left to right, begins to rise above the horizon. Its color changes from red to orange and then to yellow. The size of the luminary decreases, reaching its highest point above the horizon, it looks like a small light yellow ball.
How does the sun go down?
Having reached the highest point of its location, the sun begins its journey downward, without changing the direction of movement. The lower it falls, the closer to evening the more clearly the picture of its morning ascent is repeated in the sky. The part of the horizon where the sun sets turns red-fiery, and the disk itself becomes larger. And now the evening dawn is blazing like a frantic fire at the edge of the sky, illuminating it until the luminary disappears behind the horizon. This spectacle is mesmerizing and very beautiful. It inspires artists to paint and romantics to seek adventure.
If you ask where the sun sets, everyone will answer - in the west, because, having risen in the east, it makes a circle across the sky, sets again and continues to move along the other side of the earth. In reality, it is motionless, and it is our Earth that rotates in orbit around it.
Why does the sky change color at sunrise and sunset?
As you know, the Earth is surrounded by an air shell - an atmosphere that extends upward for about 1000 km. In the lower layers it has greater density. The higher you are from the Earth's surface, the smaller this indicator becomes, and the thinner the atmosphere.
Scientists have determined: the thicker the layer of the air shell, the fewer rays it transmits through itself, and this relates mainly to blue and green radiation, which cannot be said about red, orange and yellow rays.
Because the place where the sun sets and rises is located in the lower part of its disk and looks red-purple during this period. Rising then into more rarefied layers, the Sun changes color, becoming lighter and yellower.
What happens at the poles?
The North and South Poles are considered unique places on our Earth. Daily illumination here is divided into (178 days) and polar night (187 days). Regarding the poles, it is more appropriate to ask not “where the sun sets”, but “how this phenomenon occurs.”
It turns out that they only have sunrise and sunset once a year. At the South Pole, the sun rises in September on a day and sets in March on a day. But all these phenomena happen the other way around. This is the part of the world where the sun rises and sets in March and September.
How does the sun work?
Our planet Earth is insignificant in size in relation to the Sun. Every day we bask in its rays and watch sunrises and sunsets, but what do we know about this majestic star?
Having figured out how the sun rises and where it sets, let's look at what it consists of.
This is a clot of hot gas in the form of a huge ball, inside of which plasma consisting of various gases is constantly moving. These are mainly hydrogen and helium.
Conventionally, scientists divide the structure of the Sun into 4 parts:
- the core (central part), where the nuclear reaction occurs, namely: hydrogen, burning, turns into helium;
- radiant zone, in which gases move moderately, transferring energy from layer to layer outward;
- convective zone consisting of fast moving gases;
- a region of the atmosphere that extends far beyond the visible part of the star, and during a solar eclipse is visible as a pearl halo - the corona.
Everything in our life is passing away, but the daily sunrise remains unchanged, moving along its heavenly route for many billions of years.
In this article we have revealed many facts about where the sun rises and sets. We hope you found this information useful and interesting.
