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Analemma over the Callanish Stones

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NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for September 20, 2026 features a photograph of the analemma — the figure-eight path the sun traces across the sky over a year — captured over the Callanish Stones, an ancient standing stone circle on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.

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