Fun with GIS 343: Equinoxes and Solstices

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04-01-2024 05:29 AM

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Summer is approaching! Recently, we passed the March equinox, when the sun comes up for the North Pole and sets for the South Pole, and all locations on Earth receive 12 hours of daylight. I wanted to see what equinoxes and solstices looked like using National Geographic MapMaker. After tinkering a bit, I built a StoryMap Briefing about it. It's a modest activity, but fun to build, play with, and explore. While humans have been able to change much on Earth, we have not yet changed the tilt or rotation, though there is now discussion that global warming might change the speed of rotation. Explore and enjoy!

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