HERE COMES -UH, NO! - THERE GOES THE SUN (OR, THE YEARLY LIFE OF SOL)

I took this picture last summer late at night from our apartment front door. As a matter of fact the time stamp on the picture indicates the following: Thursday, ‎June ‎23, ‎2011, ‏‎12:18:10 AM. The sun had just gone down (more or less) and the angle of the sun from "true" north was somewhere from 15 deg. to 20 deg. west. This was taken just a day or so after the summer solstice.

Now look at the following three pictures:

 This was looking southeasterly at 10:00 AM

 This was taken at 12:00 noon.

Pretty well looking due south -
The sun obscured by clouds.

This was taken at 2:00 PM looking southwesterly.

The three last pictures were taken November 14, 2011. The sun is so low on the horizon that it is obscured by the trees outside the mission office door. Fun! I can hardly wait for the winter solstice! We're already driving to the office in the dark (even after going off daylight saving time). The sun is close to being down when we drive home NOW. Soon we will be driving both ways in the dark. I really don't enjoy a 25 minute drive in the dark twice a day. (BIG SIGH!!)