The sun is doing its spring shift to the northern skies. Soon it will rise in the northern part of the eastern skies and set in the northern part of the western skies.
But for a week or two it pretty much rises in the east and sets in the west. That means that here in Huron County during the days closest to the equinoxes (both spring and fall, or vernal and autumnal) the sun lines right up with our east-west roads.
Here's proof. This photo shows the sunset on Wednesday, March 14, six days before vernal equinox, along Helena Road in eastern Huron County. I trained my lens on the driver side rear view mirror on my Chevy Volt and snapped this image.
Since it is mirror image, the sun looks like it is north of the road while, in fact, it was still slightly south.
Copyright 2012
Wanda Hayes Eichler
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