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An "analemma" is the locus of points made by plotting the position of the Sun at the same time every day over the course of a year. It makes a figure-of-eight pattern. At winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, the Sun is at the bottom of the analemma. By choosing different times of day or different latitudes, analemmas of different shapes are obtained. This particular analemma includes a total eclipse (Turkey, 2006 March 29. Venus was also visible during totality, toward the lower right). [Credit: Cenk E.Tezel and Tunç Tezel(TWAN)]