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Old 04-March-2008, 06:33 PM
Jeff Root Jeff Root is offline
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Originally Posted by Grey View Post
The sun does not rise and set form the same point, it moves north in
the winter and south in the summer
That answer is correct for the southern hemisphere, but not the
northern hemisphere. Did you say the opposite of what you meant?
I'm sure you correctly understand the geometry.

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