2007-06-16 23:19:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Because the pole in the hemisphere where you live is tilted towards the Sun. As you change latitude away from the equator in that hemisphere a greater portion of a circle around the Earth at that latitude is illuminated and the Sun says up longer. The pole itself is constantly in the sunlight and the Sun doesn't drop below the horizon until with the change of the season the pole begins to tilt away from the Sun and the pole is now in constant darkness.
2007-06-17 00:39:38 · answer #1 · answered by Peter T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because on the 22nd of June the Sun is at the highest position in the sky (NothernHemesphire) therefore it takes longer to cross the sky from sunrise to sunset.This is known as the Summer Solstice (maximum number of daylight hours.) Of course the sun doesn't move it is the Earth rotating and tilting that gives the impression of the Sun moving.
2007-06-17 09:25:29 · answer #2 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...than in the winter, because the days are longer in the summertime than in the winter, there are two days out of the year that are the same amount of light and dark, do you know when they are and what they are called?
2007-06-17 06:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by james p 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because it is summer, while it is winter in Australia,
2007-06-17 06:29:52 · answer #4 · answered by txcatwoman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋