Your Attention, Please! The Earth is now less than 94 million miles from the sun

[rurallib]

adjust accordingly.

[mr_lebowski]

1. i'm just going to pine for those lost aphelion days ... what else can I really do? (nt)

[Fla Dem]

2. Always thought it was 93 million miles.

[rurallib]

3. It varies from @91.4 (@January) to @ 94.5 (in July)

Average is 93.

So as it cools in the fall the sun gets closer. Makes sense, right?

[Frasier Balzov]

6. The angle of incidence controls the seasons.

Oh. You're playing me!

[Clearly fogged in]

4. Lewis Carroll explains it fairly well here

The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright--
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.

[flying rabbit]

5. Will do!

Thanks for the update.

[roamer65]

7. This distance is starting to matter more with global warming.

Australia and the rest of the Southern Hemisphere are going to see even hotter summers first.