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The axis is the imaginary line that would go through both earth's poles. Imagine earth's orbit around the sun as a disc. The orbit forms the edges of the disc. That is what is meant by the "plane" of our orbit around the sun. The earth is pointed away from the sun in the Northern summer and away from it in the Northern winter. See the related link below for a visual (you will need to have Flash Player installed).

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