Happy Autumnal Equinox!

The Sun's Path over Girona, Spain between March 2003-March 2004, by Juan Carlos Casado

This post is to wish everyone a Happy Autumnal Equinox on this 22nd day of September. Did you know:

• Equinoxes fall approximately between the solstices, and as such they got pegged as the start of Fall and Spring
• The autumnal and vernal equinoxes are the only two times during the year when the sun rises due east and sets due west
• They are also the only two days of the year when a person standing on the Equator can see the sun passing directly overhead
• On the day of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, a person at the North Pole would see the sun skimming across the horizon, signalling the start of six months of darkness
• On the same day at the South Pole, a person would also see the sun skimming across the horizon... but this signals the start of six months of daylight

Check out the following links for more info, and some really cool time-lapse photography:

[Link to Autumnal Equinox article on the National Geographic website]

["Sun Pictures: A Full Year in a Single Frame" on the National Geographic website]