Winter Solstice 2023

2023-11-20 09:44:49

Winter Solstice 2023

It is really dark out now.  Why is that? Students appreciate how their latitude effects the darkness of their late afternoon location as they study the earth's tilt and the logic of daylight hours. Is latitude the central angle of the Earth?

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