Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings
Life Stories, Travels,Photos and Music
It’s winter here in the northern hemisphere, so the sun must be farther away, right? Wrong! As can be seen in the photo composite above, the sun looks smaller in the sky in July than it does in January because of the change of distance. Earth is over a million miles closer to the sun now than it is in July. It is the tilt of the earth, not the distance of the sun, that determines the seasonal temperature variations.
#sun #winter #summer #perihelion #aphelion
Retired physician with interests in writing, photography, music, and astronomy. I have written multiple stories of life experiences, travel, and astronomy, and have been playing the ukulele for 10 years. My wife Fairy and I travel frequently to the Pacific Islands of Hawaii, and French Polynesia, and I have learned several of their native-language songs. This blog will be a forum to share experiences with family and friends. View more posts
Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings