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What causes the northern and southern halves of the planet to experience winter and summer at opposite times?

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The angle of the Earth on its axis making the sun to beam on the Northern and Southern Hemispheres differently. When one side is fronting the sun, the other is on the side the darkness, so, when it's Winter in the northern half, it's Summer in the southern half. 
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