No, it's the constant axial tilt that gives us our seasons.
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Above: sun in middle, with axis of earth in January & July on either side
11 posted on 12/08/2010 8:28:56 PM PST by Christian Engineer Mass
(Leftys who zone in on Palin miss the point. America's not about single figures. That's for NK/Cuba.)