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Old April 6th 18, 08:24 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Gerald Kelleher
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Default Actual time lapse vs distorted time lapse

The daily motion of the surface across the fully illuminated face on the September Equinox follows, at least from an orbital perspective, a Northwest to Southeast path -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_S...-tilt-23.4.gif

The motion of the surface on the March Equinox should follow a Southwest to Northeast path but NASA has chose to present an unacceptable perspective opposed to that excellent time lapse above -

https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Only on the Solstice does the surface appear to move West to East parallel to the orbital plane -

https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/?date=2017-06-21