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science2 years ago

Sunlight Disparities Across the Globe.

Bodø in Norway gets on average 36.5 more minutes of daylight per day than Sydney, Australia due to refraction, hemisphere, and latitude. The Northern Hemisphere gets a longer summer than the Southern Hemisphere due to the elliptical orbit of the Earth. The Arctic Circle gets the most sunlight with an average of 12 hours 40 minutes per day, while the South Pole gets the least with an average of 12 hours. The summit of Mount Forel, Greenland, gets 5,052 hours of daylight a year, more than anywhere else on the planet.