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A GARDEN THROUGH THE YEAR
A little tilt. Four seasons.
Move Earth around the Sun. Watch the sunlight change in Nina’s garden.
Nina’s summer garden
High noon Sun · short shadows
Summer
About 15.4 hours of daylightNoon Sun: 69° above the horizonWhen your half of Earth tilts toward the Sun, days are longer and noon sunlight is more direct. The other half has the opposite season.
The coral tip marks Earth’s north pole. Its axis keeps pointing the same way. Gardens are at 45° north or south; plants and weather are examples, not a forecast. The orbit is a circle here: changing distance does not cause these seasons.
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