Sunrise on Autumnal Equinox 秋分的日出

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Sunrise on Autumnal Equinox

Today is not only the day before Mid-Autumn Festival according to the lunar calendar,

But also the Autumnal Equinox as the sun is over the Equator again.

I took photos of today’s sunrise,

Hoping to see the sun rising above the summit again.

Compare with Vernal Equinox half a year ago,

There were more clouds in this morning,

Which created very different scenery:

http://footprintsinsand2016.blogspot.com/2018/03/sunrise-on-chinese-lunar-calendars.html

6:20 a.m.
太陽準備露面，
光芒受雲阻，形成扇形，向上散開
The sun was about to appear behind the hills, with fan-like rays painting the clouds

6:25 a.m.
光芒展現
A spark of light appeared

6:31 a.m.
太陽鋒芒畢露，雲的金光減弱
The sun kept rising and the golden color faded.

7:50 a.m.
旭日爬升至山峰上，破雲而出
The sun climbed above the summit and appeared behind the clouds.

今天是中秋節前夕，

但其實也是「秋分」，

由於半年前「春分」，

太陽上升至峰頂上，

因此今天特別留意，

看看太陽是否會再度在同一位置，

因為理論上春分與秋分時太陽直射赤道，與本地距離相同。

不過，似乎秋分時太陽離峰頂較春分遠些…

與半年前的春分日出比較，

今天秋分的日出雲量較多，

才能看到雲被染成橙黃色

(手機照片顯示為金色)，

兩天的景色，分別何等大？

不禁令人讚嘆！

見文章連結：【春分的日出：凡事都有定期】：

http://footprintsinsand2016.blogspot.com/2018/03/sunrise-on-chinese-lunar-calendars.html