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RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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Either annual point when the Sun reaches its greatest apparent northern or southern position relative to the equator.

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solstice

The class compared daylight around the summer solstice with daylight in winter.
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The hostel's sky chart marked a solstice at one of the Sun's two annual extremes of apparent position north or south of the equator.
From A Journey Through a Wooded Setting.
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