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Sunlight is always direct unless it bounces off something. What varies is the angle at which the sunlight hits the Earth. The nearer to 90 degrees that angle is, the greater its warming effect. The actual angle depends on the latitude, but in northern summer, the sun's rays hit the northern hemisphere at the greatest angles.

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