December 31, 2015
The same gravity that holds galaxies together and keeps planets in their orbits also held you to the Earth on the day you were born.
Solstice Sun at Lulworth Cove
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APOD published December 31, 2015. Credit: Chris Kotsiopoulos. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
A southern exposure and striking symmetry made Lulworth Cove, along the Jurassic Coast of England, planet Earth a beautiful setting during December's Solstice. Five frames in this dramatic composite view follow the lowest arc of the Sun, from sunrise to sunset, during the shortest day of the year. The solstice arc spans about 103 degrees at this northern latitude. Of course, erosion by wave action has produced the cove's remarkable shape in the coastal limestone layers. The cove's narrow entrance is responsible, creating a circular wave diffraction pattern. The wave pattern is made clearer by the low solstice Sun.
Image credit: Chris Kotsiopoulos