Explanation:
Does the Sun return to the same spot on the sky every day?
No.
A more visual answer is an
analemma, a composite of sky images taken
at the same time and from the same place over a year.
At completion, you can see that the Sun makes a
figure
8 on the sky.
The
featured unusual analemma does not, however,
picture the
Sun
directly: it was created by looking in the
opposite direction.
All that was required was noting where the
shadow of an edge of a
house was in the
driveway every clear day at the same time.
Starting in March in
Falcon,
Colorado,
USA, the photographer methodically marked the shadow's 1 pm location.
In one frame you can even see the
photographer himself.
Although this analemma will be completed in 2025, you can start drawing
your own driveway analemma -- using no fancy equipment --
as soon as today.