Lunar Analemma
The analemma is an enchanting natural observation which can visually demonstrate the elliptical revolution of earth around the sun over the course of a year. Visually documenting our beautiful journey around the sun not only gives us concrete data concerning our movement in space, but also produces amazingly artful images.
If a photographer sets up their camera on a monthly basis in the same location at the exact same time, they would capture a series of images which result in a beautiful figure 8-style pattern:
As beautiful as the analemma is, check out the lunar analemma. I’ve always been partial to the moon, aesthetically as well as spiritually and philosophically. A lunar analemma is complete in one lunar month as opposed to the analemma which takes a full year to chart the movement of earth in relation to the sun.
Sometimes, I suppose instant gratification isn’t a bad thing…
