Summer Solstice

The Longest Day

The Tilt of the Earth’s Axis

Seasons are experienced because of the tilt of the earth’s axis, not because of distance from the sun.

• The seasons are caused as the earth, tilted on its axis, travels around the Sun.
• Summer happens in the hemisphere tilted towards the sun and winter happens in the hemisphere tilted away from the sun.
• Earth is closest to the sun every year in early January, when it’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere.