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LogDog75

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3. It's the tilt of the Earth's axis

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat Feb 7, 2026, 04:10 PM

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The Earth's axis isn't perpendicular to the Sun. It has a degree tilt making it so the Sun's light/heat falls more on the Equator than at the poles. As you go North or South of the Equator, there's less amount of light falling on land.

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