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When the sun passes directly overhead in the tropics - does the sunlight only fall on one specific spot and does the sun still 'look' overhead 20 miles from that spot?
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The Sun shines on half of the Earth. If the Sun is DIRECTLY above a certain spot, the sunlight is shining straight down, and the object won't cast any shadow. Someplace 20 miles away, the Sun isn't STRAIGHT up; it's about an arc-minute away from being STRAIGHT up. But you won't be able to tell this without some pretty precise instruments, so it will still "look" like it's overhead.
A few minutes earlier or later, and the Sun wouldn't look straight up either.
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Where does the sunlight hit the earth?
In the tropics. The sun is straight overhead at some time or other, between the tropic of Cancer, in the north and the tropic of Capricorn. During the equinoxes (vernal and autumnal), the sun is directly overhead at the equator.
When the sun appears directly overhead at the Tropics of Capicorn and Cancer?
summer solstice
What lunar phase is highest overhead at midnight?
Full Moon, but unless you live in the tropics the moon cannot be directly overhead.
When will the sun pass directly overhead at noon in Miami?
Never (it's outside of the tropics).
Is there a connection between the earths tilt and the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer?
Yes, the tropics are the locations where the sun goes the most north and south. Above the tropics will never see the sun directly overhead.
Where are the tropics?
The tropics are located on parts of the earth where the sun shines directly overhead at least once every year. See related links below for more details.
Is the sun ever directly overhead at NW Arkansas why or why not?
No. The sun is only ever overhead in places between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Arkansas is further north than this.
Why are places with the temperature found at the equator?
Actually the warmest are found closer to the tropics (23° North and South of the Equator). This is because those areas get sunlight directly overhead where the radiation of the Sun passes through the least atmosphere and has the greatest energy.
Why are the places with temperature found at the equator?
Actually the warmest are found closer to the tropics (23° North and South of the Equator). This is because those areas get sunlight directly overhead where the radiation of the Sun passes through the least atmosphere and has the greatest energy.
When are the sun's rays most directly over one of the topics?
At either of the tropics the sun's rays are most directly overhead at mid-day in mid summer.
What do the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn have to do with the solstices?
The sun is directly overhead at either one of the Tropics on either the June or December Solstice.
Why are the tropics the most diverse?
They have stable levels of moisture.
