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How is the Earth tilted
on the winter
solstice?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Solstices occur when Earth's axis is pointed directly toward our Sun. This happens twice a year during Earth's orbit. On that same day, the southern hemisphere is tilted 23.5 degrees away from our Sun and the southern regions of Earth experience the shortest day of the year — the winter solstice.

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