Algorithmic Science Art: Sunplot

OK, I've been working on this one for a while. Not a while like "since my last post", more like "since the pandemic." Check this beauty out: If you want to play around and generate your own, jump right in! If you learn about what it is and how I made it, read on. What am I looking at?You're looking at a piece of algorithmic science art called a sunplot. It illustrates the sun's position in the sky at any moment of the year. This sample, which visualizes boston's views of the sun, is 365×288. Each of the 365 columns represents a single day of 2026, and the pixels flow from top to bottom in 5-minute chunks. So at the top left we have 00:00 on January 1st, at the bottom right we have 23:55 on December 31st, and in column 199 row 230 you will find a pixel representing the moment at which I'm writing this paragraph. The color of the pixel represents the location of the sun in the sky. It uses horizontal coordinates: the lightness of the pixel tells you the sun's angle from the horizon, and…