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From the sky anf telescope mag -
"What's going on? Well, the Arctic gets just as many hours of sunlight as anywhere else on Earth - in fact, just a tad more. The reason the Arctic is cold is that the Sun never gets very high above the horizon, so its light always hits the ground at an oblique angle.. " http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...g/9336186.html The idea of variable inclination of the Earth to the Sun and subsequently inclination of solar radiation as the main cause of Artic conditions is incredible in this day and age when it is possible to look down at the region andf the planet from space. An intelligent astronomer begins with a basic fact -at the Equator there is no variation in inclination and daylight/darkness remains constant through the annual orbital cycle of the Earth.The observed hemispherical differences of apparent variation in inclination leading to seasonal variations in daylight/darkness where they become extrem at the geographical pole is due to the orbital motion of the Earth rather than the pseudo-dynamic of variable axial tilt. It is actually possible to see from space that the solar radiation/ orbital shadow boundary changes against fixed axial orientation leading to the important working principle that the main cause for Polar conditions relies on the length of time a location spends in the orbital shadow of the Earth allied with local oceanographic and other factors,the inclination of solar radiation being among minor causes. The new astronomy is actually looking down at the Earth from space and drawing accurate working principles for climatological,geological and many other purposes _ http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpe...114_modest.jpg |
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