First Day of Fall
Friday 09/23/2011 4:04 AM
 Found in the woods in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan earlier today. (2011) File Under: Equinox, Autumn; Holiday, Of Sorts; I Took This Photo!; Panasonic DMC-LX1K Lumix Digital Camera; Rock |
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With day and night being about the same duration today, we witness the sun's passing of the celestial equator once again. In ancient times, this was called the First Point of Libra, because back then, the sun was just entering that constellation as summer ended. Times change and stars drift (see precession), so today we would probably name it The Second (or Third) Point of Virgo.
Round these parts, though, we just call it fall.
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