Today is summer solstice — the day the Northern Hemisphere sees the most daylight all year. Here's what you need to know about the astronomical start of summer.
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If you were to draw a line from the North Pole straight to the South Pole, it would stand at a 23.5-degree angle in relation to the sun. That means, as the Earth revolves around the sun, the North Pole will point toward the center of our solar system during certain points of the year and away from it at other points. The more the North Pole points toward the sun, the more daylight people in the Northern Hemisphere will have.This year, the North Pole will be angled closest to the sun 10:58 a.m.
On the opposite end of the calendar, areas north of the Arctic Circle sit in darkness between the Autumnal Equinox and Vernal Equinox.The word equinox
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