On The Edge
Travelling through Australia we found this road painting, marking the Tropic of Capricorn
(23° 26' 24.70" S 113° 57' 13.73" E) on the Minilya-Exmouth Road near Lyndon in Western Australia.
Step out off the car i felt immediately "microwaved" must be around 66,6° Celsius (subjective temperature), so i shot only a few pictures to get back in the motor vehicle artificial biosphere. ;-)
Any and all helpful comments/notes and suggestions are welcome. Thanks!
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Tropic of Capricorn, or Southern tropic, marks the most southerly latitude on the Earth at which the Sun can be directly overhead. This event occurs at the December solstice, when the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun to its maximum extent.
Tropic of Capricorn is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It currently (Epoch 2011) lies 23° 26 16 south of the Equator.
It is currently drifting north at the rate of almost half a second (0.47) of latitude, which is about 15 metres, per year (it was at exactly 23 27' S in year 1917).
The Tropic of Capricorn is the dividing line between the Southern Temperate Zone to the south and the tropics to the north. The northern hemisphere equivalent of the Tropic of Capricorn is the Tropic of Cancer.
The Tropic of Capricorn is so named because about 2,000 years ago the sun was entering the constellation Capricornus (capricorn is Latin for goat horn) at the December solstice. In modern times the sun appears in the constellation Sagittarius during this time. The change is due to precession of the equinoxes. The word "tropic" itself comes from the Greek tropos, meaning turn, referring to the fact that the sun appears to "turn back" at the solstices.
In India, the day of Sun entering the zodiacal belt Capricorn is celebrated as Makara Sankranti festival. Tropic of Capricorn is called Makara Vrutta in Indian languages. It should be noted here that the Indian astronomical calendar is not based on the Western sidereal system but has a differential lag. Hence, the festival is celebrated on either of 14th Jan or 15th Jan every year, when, as per the Indian astronomical calendar, the Sun enters the Capricorn sign.
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