Why are the suns rays never vertical on the artical circle
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The arctic circle is far away from the equator. This point is not in the vertical reaches of the sun rays. The imaginary arctic circle never comes on the straight path only sunlight as its close to poles of earth.
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Sun rays are not 'vertical' on the Arctic Circle because the earth is 'tilted' on its axis.
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The Arctic Circle lies at 66 and ½ degree north of the equator. The earth rotates on its orbit around the sun and completes its rotation and revolution. The earth receives the rays of the sun horizontally and we perceive it as vertical.
Some consider the direct rays of sun as vertical rays that are received by the equatorial region. The arctic region receives sunlight for 24 hours in summers, but they are not vertical rays as the sun is at a low elevation from arctic region.
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