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It is because the earth rotates on its axis. In ancienct times philosophers believed the sun revolved around the earth but that was wrong. The earth actually rotates and so when it is rotating, about only 1/2 of the planet is facing the sun. The earth tilts on its axis and this makes summer and winter. When the northern side of the planet tilts towords the sun, then the days in the north are longer, and the night is shorter. Things are weird at the north and south pole; they have night for several months at a time, and daylight for several months at a time, depending on the earth's position in its orbit. Imagine what it would be like to have the sun in the sky for months without setting!

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