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About Spring:The seasons of the year are caused by the 23.5º tilt of the earth's axis. Because the earth is rotating, it points in a fixed direction continuously. The earth is also revolving around the sun. During half of the year, the southern hemisphere is more exposed to the sun than the northern hemisphere. During the rest of the year, the reverse is true. At noontime, during the summer, in the Northern Hemisphere the sun appears high in the sky and low in the sky during winter. The time of the year when the sun reaches its maximum elevation occurs on the day with the greatest number of daylight hours. This is called the summer solstice, and is typically June 21st, the first day of summer.
The lowest elevation occurs around December 2nd, the first day of winter. When the night time hours are maximum this is called the winter solstice. Almost half-way between the winter and summer solstice is the time of the vernal or spring equinox. It is one of two times during the year when the daytime and night time are almost exactly 12 hours long and very close to being equal to each other.During summer, the axis of the Earth is tilted toward the Sun, and the length of daylight days rapidly increases as latitude increases. The hemisphere begins to warm significantly, causing new plant growth to "spring forth". Spring is a time that allows us to get outside after a long, cold winter. Beautiful flowers bloom, and the earth shows off it's new life.
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