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The Orange, the Torch and the Minutes Left Over

The orange travels one whole year around the torch while its slant never moves. Drag the slider and stop on 23 September — that is when the boundary runs straight through both ends of the skewer.

JUNE DECEMBER MARCH 23 SEPTEMBER The torch = the Sun The last strip of sun The Sun sits low. The horizon is straight ahead. The minutes we have left over The torch is the Sun. The orange is the Earth.
JuneMarch

The torch is the Sun. The orange is the Earth.

The torch: the Sun
The day side of the orange
The night side
The boundary and the minutes left over
1June: the north end leans into the light
223 September: the line hits both ends
3The air bends the last strip of sun
4December: the north end leans away