Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 99
r from the zenith, and we haveperpetual summer : near the poles,—that is, in the frigidzones,—the Sun never gets very high, and we have per 72 ASTRONOMY. pctual winter. How, then, are the changing seasons inthe temperate zones caused ? 176. In Fig. 7 we were supposed to be looking downupon our… … Fi^. 8.—Explanation of the apparent altitude of the Sun, as seen fioiuLondon, in Summer and Winter. On the left we have the winter solstice, where the axis ofrotation is inclined away from the Sun to the greatestpossible extent. On the right we have the summer aol-stice, when the axis of rotation…
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