Analemma!

[jcarter]

I like the way this movie is done, with the foliage of the trees in the pictures so that you get a glimpse of the actual time of year.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071204.html

http://www.analemma.com/

Jane

[gunug]

I didn't know what it was called; interesting!

[jcarter]

I just looked at it again, and its interesting to see how fast the sun moves in the fall and spring, and how slowly in the middle of summer and winter. Here is another link that I like on the similar subject,
http://www.jgiesen.de/daylight/index.htm
His site is just packed with wonderful information!
Jane

[gunug]

My dad, the veteran meteorologist, took a class at OU that had names for all the parts of the sky and all of the phenomena like this.  Mostly Greek or Latin as I recall!  Wish I could ask him about it!