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Why is there daylight in North Pole 24 hours a day in summer and darkness 24 hours a day in winter?
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If you imagine the earth standing still with its axis tilted 23 deg. clockwise and the sun off to the right, regardless off the earths rotation, the north pole is always in the suns light, this is the longest day in the northern hemisphere.
If you move the sun over to the left, this represents the shortest day in the northern hemisphere, and the north pole is always in shadow.
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The earths axis remains parallel in both positions due to gyroscopic influence of earths rotation.
If you place the sun directly behind the earth, that's one of the equinox positions, the other would be directly in front of the earth.
The time between longest and shortest day is 6 months, and the equinox are midway between longest and shortest day
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Why is the sun visible for so many hours of the day in Alaska?
Every place on Earth, when averaged out over a year, gets 6 months of daylight and 6 months of darkness. At the equator this daylight and darkness is spaced out in about 12 hour intervals (day and night). However, because of the tilt of the Earth's axis of spin, as one move towards the poles the length of night and day changes with the seasons until when you reach the poles, daylight lasts for 6 continual months and darkness lasts for 6 continual months. Alaska is near the North pole, so during summer the days are very long.
When do daylight hours start getting longer?
In the northern hemisphere, daylight hours start getting longer after the Winter Solstice, December 21. The daylight continues to legthen everydy until Summer Solstice, June 21. Then the reverse happens. The daylight gradually reduces until Winter Solstice arrives again.
How do you draw the Arctic Circle?
The Arctic Circle is an imaginary line on globes and charts at about 66.5°N latitude. Locations north of the Arctic Circle can experience at least one 24-hour period of "night" during the winter. At the North Pole, this becomes 6 months of daylight and 6 months of night. To "draw" the Arctic Circle, make a circle centered on the North Pole, about 2600 kilometers (1616 miles) in radius.
When are the hours of day light and darkness equal?
At the north and south poles . . . all the time Everywhere else . . . on the occasion of the equinoxes, March 21 and September 21.
What is the probability that it will go dark tonight?
It depends on where you are. During the summer in the Northern hemisphere, if you are North of the Arctic circle, the answer is 0.
Why are there more or less hours of daylight or darkness during June and December in north America?
Due to the sun being further away in winter and closer in the summer
When are the daylight hours shortest?
In winter, you go south to get longer days. In summer, going north yields longer days.
Which season has the LEAST daylight hours?
Usually around December 21st in the Northern Hemisphere and June 21st in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is the lightest place on the earth?
if you mean countries with the most day light, then the far north in Canada experiences 22 hour s of daylight in the summer, also in the far north of Norway, by the same token these places also experience 20 hours of darkness in the winter.
Why does Antarctica get 24 hours daylight in December and 24 hours darkness in June?
Antarctica has its longest days in December, which is summer in the southern hemispher, and its longest nights in June, which is winter. At the Pole, the sun never rises during the shortest days and never sets during the longest days.
How many hours of daylight per day in North Norway in January?
This depends on where you are in Norway. Usually, in the south, you'll have daylight from 5 in the morning to 11 in the evening during the summer. In the north you'll have daylight 24 hours a day. In the winter, you'll have something like 1 hour of daylight in the north and 5-6 hours of daylight in the south.
Which part of your world experience day light with out no darkness for days?
The part of the world that experiences daylight without no darkness for days is the north pole. It is stated that the north pole stays in full sunlight all day long throughout the entire summer.
Why does Washington state have longer daylight than southern California when they are in the same time zone?
Washington is farther from the equator than California. The closer you get to the equator, the less the amount of daylight per day deviates from 12 hours. The closer you get to the poles, the greater the difference in the amount of daylight between the summer solstice and the winter solstice. I used to live between 40° and 41° north latitude. The amount of daylight there on the summer solstice is about 15 hours, and it's about 9 hours on the winter solstice. Now I live near 30° north latitude, where we get about 14 hours of daylight on the summer solstice and about 10 hours on the winter solstice.
Does Santa have any daylight?
At the North Pole, there is daylight all day, every day during summer, and no daylight most of the winter. However, Santa is magical, so everyone has light when needed, and they have big indoor parks with sunlamps so they can go have a picnic in the middle of winter if they want to.
How many hours of darkness are there in one day?
It depends on where you are and what season it is. If you are at the equator then there is 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night. If you are above the arctic circle then during the winter there is 24 hours of darkness each day, this will occur on Dec. 21st. If you are further above the arctic circle the darkness can last for months. During the summer there will be 24 hours of daylight on June 21st, and again this can last for months if you are very far north. The same is true for the South pole as well.
What season is it in Zimbabwe when it is summer in North America?
It is Winter in Zimbabwe when North America has its summer.
Where is the least sun on Earth?
It depends. in the winter for the northern hemisphere ( North America ) the north pole has 24 hours of darkness or Greenland and in summer for Northern Hemisphere the south pole ( Antarctica ) has 24 hours of darkness so it really is north and south pole
