The Tropic of Cancer, north of the Equator at 23 degrees 27 minutes, and its equivalent latitude marker, the Tropic of Capricorn at the same latitude south of the Equator, serve as approximate ...

According to the definition by the National Geographic Society, the tropics are the regions that lie either in the latitude lines 23.5 degrees North of the Equator or 23.5 degrees South of the Equator ...

Tropic of Cancer is a BBC television documentary presented by Simon Reeve. It was first broadcast on BBC Two in 2010. It follows his previous series Equator and Tropic of Capricorn.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): In those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it was an injury and ...

Last month I wrote about why the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn are related to the 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth’s axis: The Sun’s furthest point north or south, called the solstice, is ...

Centuries ago, sailors feared not only the storms, but the silence. Drifting beneath a blazing sun near the Tropic of Cancer, they would find themselves trapped in windless waters, known as the ...

Summer officially begins on June 21st at 11:54 AM. The Summer Solstice occurs when the Sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere. This is the longest day of the year north ...

The Tropic of Capricorn or Southern tropic is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It is the parallel of latitude at 23 degrees 26′ 22″ south of the Equator, and is ...