Did you feel the earth tilt?
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The sun is heading back up to the heavens, rejoice and take comfort in the increasing sunlight each day and the wonderful season of winter is here.
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It happens here in California a lot. 
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]We may be headed into the depth of winter - in every sense of the word - but we know that Spring is coming! Never, ever lose hope.
If your post was tongue-in-cheek like I assume, this is more for other people who might get the wrong impression.
The Earth's tilt stays roughly the same with some small wobbling. The wobbling would be worse without our large Moon.
It's the tilt combined with the revolution around the Sun that determines the amount of solar radiation striking the northern and southern parts of the planet.
... openly talked about her Christian faith, saying that she didn't "believe in the myths of science."
I never went back to her.
Her "snow globe" world, maybe?
I assumed you would note that we are closest to the sun now (perihelion). We will be moving further away (aphelion). But that's just science, it's not fun.
I love to say at this time of year we are falling back into the fire. Totally wrong but poetic.
The post was tongue-in- cheek. Love the graphic.
It's not a terribly non-circular orbit anyway, but you're right!
Given some of the people that I've met over the years, I'm pleased that there's still people who know about tilt and elliptical orbits!
He honestly thought he'd never live to see the day. Glad he did, since I need all the help I can get as we draw closer to a month from today. Sometimes I wish the Mayans were right!
Happy Winter Solstice, all!
Stunning photo, BTW.
