{"id":134,"date":"2016-07-23T16:46:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T23:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/?p=134"},"modified":"2021-06-04T16:14:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T23:14:19","slug":"sun-at-zenith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/sun-at-zenith\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun at Zenith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twice every\u00a0year in Ajijic, on July 23 and May 22,* <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='the sun'>el sol<\/abbr>\u00a0is directly overhead at solar noon, which today was at 1:59pm local time. That means\u00a0your shadow is directly below you, not at an angle like it is year round in the Continental United States (or anywhere else north of the Tropic of Cancer or south of the Tropic of Capricorn).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-135\" src=\"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FullSizeRender-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shadow at Sun Zenith\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FullSizeRender-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FullSizeRender-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FullSizeRender-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FullSizeRender.jpg 1853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/>That also means more direct UV rays. And with an elevation of over 5,000 ft (over 1,500 meters), there is less atmosphere in Ajijic to block UV rays than at sea level. At this\u00a0elevation, UV rays can be as much as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/smartertravel\/worlds-worst-places-to-get-sunburned_b_1825257.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50% more intense <\/a>than at sea level. That means put on sunscreen and a hat\u2014or better yet,\u00a0stay out of the sun altogether.<\/p>\n<p>In this picture, Z is leaning her head and shoulders forward to look at her shadow, which is directly below her.<\/p>\n<p>*Ajijic is\u00a0at a latitude of about 20.25\u00b0. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geog.ucsb.edu\/~joel\/g110_w08\/lecture_notes\/sun_angle\/agburt02_14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s a graphic<\/a> showing different dates and latitudes where the sun is directly overhead. So while I haven&#8217;t done the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Position_of_the_Sun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">math<\/a>, this date is a pretty close guesstimate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twice every\u00a0year in Ajijic, on July 23 and May 22,* <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='the sun'>el sol<\/abbr>\u00a0is directly overhead at solar noon, which today was at 1:59pm local time. That means\u00a0your shadow is directly below you, not at an angle like it is year round in the Continental United States (or anywhere else north of the Tropic of Cancer or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anadventuretogether.ctsmg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}