Motorists beware: centre of the solar system ahead
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Motorists beware: centre of the solar system ahead
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 8 Aug 2007
At about 8 o'clock on summer evenings, the sun is low in the sky and makes the motorist's job very difficult. This is particularly so of Castle Road, whose gentle gradient is just right for no sun visor to extend low enough to shield the sun from one's eyes. The scenario also produces extremely long shadows: Image
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Image Location
Latitude
50.747332
Longitude
-1.870256