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It’s Summer — and Winter

  • June 21, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Today is the start of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, when the Earth’s axis is tilted closest to the sun. But in the Southern Hemisphere, the axis is tilted farthest from the sun — and its winter solstice has begun.

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