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Question
Give reasons for the following statement:
Daylight decreases as we go polewards from March 21st to June 21st in the Southern Hemisphere
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Solution
After March 21st the sun starts it’s apparent movement towards the North and Circle of illumination cuts the latitude of southern portion unequally so that the antarctic circle comes in complete darkness till June 21st, and the major portion of other latitude lies on darker side.
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