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Actual time lapse compilation of one year's photographs of earth with the sun always in the same place, one frame each day.
Solstices occur when the day/night line is the most tilted.
Equinoxes occur when the day/night line is just vertical, or perpendicular to the direction to the sun.
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You can see the clouds moving but eastern Africa, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea, Madagascar -- all standing still under the clouds.
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If it moves too fast watch it at quarter speed (select 0.25 in lieu of "Normal").
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With the earth this size on a 6" diagonal YouTube screen, the sun would be 440 yards away to the right, about 12 feet in diameter.