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Creation Day 4 God reveals His "heavenly clocks" in the night and day sky
Balancing Earth's Four Seasons
Isn't it amazing that t he summer solstice occurs every year on June 21st , when : • the sun 's direct rays strike the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 o North). • the sun appears at its highest elevation in the northern sky and its lowest elevation in the southern skies. • the Northern hemisphere experiences its "longest" day and "shortest" night of the year. • all areas above the Arctic Circle (66.5 o North) experience 24 hours of daylight.
The winter solstice occurs every year on December 21st. It marks the day when: • the sun's direct rays strike the Tropic of Capricorn, 23.5 o south of the Equator. • the sun appears at its lowest elevation in the northern sky and its highest in the southern skies. • the Northern Hemisphere experiences its "shortest" day and "longest" night of the year. • all areas below the Antarctic Circle (66.5 o south) experience 24 hours of daylight. There are only two times of the year when the Earth's axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a "nearly" equal amount of daylight and darkness at all latitudes. These events are referred to as Equinoxes .
• The Spring Equinox - In March (usually the 20th or 21st), the sun crosses the equator from south to north, bringing warmth and more hours of daylight back to the Northern Hemisphere, and plunging the Southern Hemisphere into its fall and winter darkness. • The Fall Equinox - In September (22nd or 23rd), the sun crosses the equator from north to south, heralding the start of fall and cooler temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, and the start of spring and warmer temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere .
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