oriel36
2024-03-14 09:39:17 UTC
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The Equinox occurs next week, so the area where the Sun remains constantly in view at the South Pole has presently contracted to a small circumference around the Pole. On the Equinox, as the South Pole turns into the dark hemisphere for the next six months, a small circumference is created where the Sun remains out of sight; this circumference will expand over the coming months until it reaches its maximum circumference (Antarctic Circle) on the June Solstice.
The opposite is now happening at the North Pole, as that location turns into the light hemisphere of the Earth for the next six months, creating an expanding circumference where the Sun remains constantly in view.
The Equinox occurs next week, so the area where the Sun remains constantly in view at the South Pole has presently contracted to a small circumference around the Pole. On the Equinox, as the South Pole turns into the dark hemisphere for the next six months, a small circumference is created where the Sun remains out of sight; this circumference will expand over the coming months until it reaches its maximum circumference (Antarctic Circle) on the June Solstice.
The opposite is now happening at the North Pole, as that location turns into the light hemisphere of the Earth for the next six months, creating an expanding circumference where the Sun remains constantly in view.