Just saw a post talking about how Europe gets a decent amount of sunlight less than the Americas. Why would this be? I understand the how latitude changes the time of sunrise/sundown but wouldn’t it average out in the end? For example Alaska vs. Hawaii. Hawaii gets close to 12 hrs of sunlight every single day all year. Alaska might get 22 some days in the summer but 2 in the winter? Wouldn’t both places receive the same annual hours of sunlight or am I missing something?
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The Earth isn’t straight, it’s tilted
Depending on the time of the year the Earth is either tilted towards the Sun, or away from the Sun depending on where it is in its orbit.
This changes the amount of surface area of the Earth’s Northern and Southern hemispheres that are exposed to the sun, which translates to longer and shorter days.
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