The Earth on the left displays the predominant northern hemisphere summer. The earth spins around the axis (the black dashed line). Consequently the north experiences longer days of sunlight. When a flat Mercator map represents this image, the sunlight displays as a "U" shaped curve. Note that the North Pole is constantly in daylight during its summer months.

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