Earth at Aphelion
Taken by Göran Strand on July 4, 2016 @
Östersund, Sweden
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Today Earth is at aphelion, that's the farthest point to the Sun. Since Earth's orbit around the Sun is in an elliptical path, there is one point of the path when the Sun is at its closest to the Earth and one point when it is furthest away. The opposite to aphelion is perihelion, then Earth is nearest to the Sun, next time the Earth is in perihelion will be on the 4th och January in 2017. From Earth, the difference in distance to the Sun between aphelion and perihelion is about 5 million kilometers.
This is a shot I took of today's Sun as seen from aphelion. I've also included a scale sized Earth for comparison.
Photographer Göran Strand
http://www.astrofotografen.se
http://instagram.com/Astrofotografen
Photographer's website:
http://www.astrofotografen.se
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