Solstice Shadows de Hooterville
Headed west on Sprague Road
A brief break in the clouds allowed a quick shadow shot
No need to look up this street on Google street view — when they came thru town very few routes were taken — I think they concluded the best way to see Hoopeston is in the rear view mirror 🙂
Pedaling along a little farther west
Morning shadows trending to the northwest
Photo at Noon
Shadows pointing due North
Sun is 26.5 degrees above the horizon — as low as it goes at this latitude
Neighbors wondering what he heck is he doing now?
Nearing sunset, about to disappear into the township garage shadow
Emerging from shadow
Very long shadow of the power pole
Very strange high wheel(ed) bicycle?
Sun setting well south of due west
Thanks to Suzanne for the interesting idea for the solstice!
Rich-Illinois
Very much enjoy all the entries you all have provided -- great to see the everyday cycling venues. Being in eastern Illinois, scenery certainly isn't our forte, but oh well, the roads are normally quiet. Look forward to more and more entries from all of you, I do have a few over on BL -- in Bill's Day Rides, and one journal.
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Good shadows! I’m glad I got my shadows two days in advance – haven’t seen the sun since then.
Thanks! We have been cloud challenged here lately too.
The noon photos were taken within about a 30 second interval when the sun broke thru the clouds.
Happy Solstice! But not a speck of snow to be seen? Perhaps you will be joining Greg in the Brown Christmas club.
I swear, I hoped to take some pictures of shadows and sunsets and once-in-a-few-hundred-year alignments of Jupiter and Saturn today. As of right now (1:55 p.m.) it is the cloudiest day in months. We have our lights on inside because the outside is providing very little illumination. Not much chance I’ll be seeing the modern-day Christmas star.
Me too — what Greg said. We were planning to take our dinner down to the beach just at the right time to see the planets align. Not only deep clouds today and this evening, but torrential, I mean torrential rain!! So we stay hunkered in and wait for a better day to be outside, realizing we have missed out on the only opportunity to see Jupiter and Saturn line up.
Nah . . . . they will do it again in 2080
Not even a hint of clouds here and 41 Celcius tomorrow. Total fire ban tomorrow and I’ll be filling buckets of water all around the house.