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        | warm low-latitude areas near the equator |  
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        | areas that surround the North and South pole |  
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        | the time that earths poles point at their greatest angle toward or away from the sun and receives constant sunlight |  
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        | during the december solstice the suns most direct rays strike earth in the southern hemisphere along a parallel 23 1/2 degrees south of the equator |  
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        | parallel 66 1/2 degrees south of the equator |  
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        | located 66 1/2 degrees north of the equator |  
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        | when the suns direct rays are at their most northerly posi |  
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