巨石阵上的日落至日
(原标题: Sunset Solstice over Stonehenge)
2025-12-22
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昨天，太阳到达了地球天空的最南端。许多文化将昨天的日期标记为季节的变化，即北半球从秋天到冬天，南半球从春天到夏天。这张特色照片拍摄于英国巨石阵2025年北年最长的夜晚之前。在那里，通过精确放置在4500年前的石头，可以看到一个45亿年前的巨大发光球体正在落下。即使考虑到地球自转轴几千年来的岁差，太阳仍然以一种天文意义上的方式落在巨石阵上。
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Yesterday the Sun reached its southernmost point in planet Earth's sky. Called a solstice, many cultures mark yesterday's date as a change of seasons -- from autumn to winter in Earth's Northern Hemisphere and from spring to summer in Earth's Southern Hemisphere. The featured image was taken just before the longest night of the 2025 northern year at Stonehenge in United Kingdom. There, through stones precisely placed 4,500 years ago, a 4.5 billion year old large glowing orb is seen setting. Even given the precession of the Earth's rotational axis over the millennia, the Sun continues to set over Stonehenge in an astronomically significant way.
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