Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]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. 2022 January 5 [2]The featured image shows the position of the sun at sunrise from 2020 December to 2021 December from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. A Year of Sunrises Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Luca Vanzella Explanation: Does the Sun always rise in the same direction? No. As the months change, the direction toward the rising Sun changes, too. The [4]featured image shows the direction of sunrise every month during 2021 as seen from the city of [5]Edmonton, [6]Alberta, [7]Canada. The camera in the image is always facing due east, with north toward the left and south toward the right. As shown in an [8]accompanying video, the top image was taken in 2020 December, while the bottom image was captured in 2021 December, making 13 images in total. Although the [9]Sun always rises in the east in general, it rises furthest to the south of east on the [10]December solstice, and furthest north of east on the [11]June solstice. In many countries, the [12]December Solstice is considered an official change in season: for example the first day of [13]winter in the North. [14]Solar heating and stored energy in the Earth's surface and atmosphere are [15]near their lowest during winter, making the winter [16]season the coldest of the year. Status Updates: [17]Deploying the James Webb Space Telescope Tomorrow's picture: evening to morning __________________________________________________________________ [18]< | [19]Archive | [20]Submissions | [21]Index | [22]Search | [23]Calendar | [24]RSS | [25]Education | [26]About APOD | [27]Discuss | [28]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [29]Robert Nemiroff ([30]MTU) & [31]Jerry Bonnell ([32]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [33]Specific rights apply. [34]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [35]ASD at [36]NASA / [37]GSFC & [38]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2201/SunriseYear_Vanzella_2400.jpg 3. https://www.flickr.com/people/53851348@N05/ 4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/53851348@N05/51760253515/ 5. https://youtu.be/XbEuji_CYJc 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada 8. https://youtu.be/h2Og58nworg 9. https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question14.html 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_solstice 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_solstice 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191222.html 13. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/events/2020/12/21/winter-solstice-in-the-northern-hemisphere/ 14. https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cats-worshiping-sun-2-59310b640b69f__605.jpg 15. https://www.almanac.com/why-february-cold 16. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/ 17. https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/ 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220104.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 22. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 27. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220105 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220106.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 31. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 32. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 34. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 35. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 38. http://www.mtu.edu/