northern hemisphere
noun
variants
or Northern Hemisphere
: the half of the earth that lies north of the equator
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In the northern hemisphere, where Easter occurs in spring, images of new life associated with the season are linked to the holiday, O’Malley says.
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USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
It will be best observed in the northern hemisphere, particularly closer to the equator such as in Ecuador, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, according to Star Walk.
Arizona, being located at mid-northern latitudes, should offer decent viewing conditions for observing the devil comet.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
One touchdown locale under review is the southern part of Utopia Planitia, a giant impact basin in the midlatitudes of Mars’s northern hemisphere that China’s Zhurong rover already scouted in 2021 and 2022.
—Leonard David, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024
This alignment between the sun, moon and Earth is so rare that, on average, any one spot in the northern hemisphere experiences a total solar eclipse every 330 years.
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
The film centers on a legend that Plovers are the couriers of spring and without them summer won’t come to the northern hemisphere.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
The spring equinox is when the sun crosses the celestial equator — an imaginary line that lines up with the equator on Earth — and the northern hemisphere tilts more often toward the sun.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2024
Here in the northern hemisphere, this year’s spring equinox took place on March 19, wrapping up the winter and heralding in the rejuvenating vibes of springtime.
—Nina Kahn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
My quest to find out led me to a nifty solar eclipse simulator that helps users visualize what April’s solar eclipse will look like from any city, town, mountain peak, or desolate patch of land in the northern hemisphere.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2024
USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
It will be best observed in the northern hemisphere, particularly closer to the equator such as in Ecuador, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, according to Star Walk.
Arizona, being located at mid-northern latitudes, should offer decent viewing conditions for observing the devil comet.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
One touchdown locale under review is the southern part of Utopia Planitia, a giant impact basin in the midlatitudes of Mars’s northern hemisphere that China’s Zhurong rover already scouted in 2021 and 2022.
—Leonard David, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024
This alignment between the sun, moon and Earth is so rare that, on average, any one spot in the northern hemisphere experiences a total solar eclipse every 330 years.
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
The film centers on a legend that Plovers are the couriers of spring and without them summer won’t come to the northern hemisphere.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
The spring equinox is when the sun crosses the celestial equator — an imaginary line that lines up with the equator on Earth — and the northern hemisphere tilts more often toward the sun.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2024
Here in the northern hemisphere, this year’s spring equinox took place on March 19, wrapping up the winter and heralding in the rejuvenating vibes of springtime.
—Nina Kahn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
My quest to find out led me to a nifty solar eclipse simulator that helps users visualize what April’s solar eclipse will look like from any city, town, mountain peak, or desolate patch of land in the northern hemisphere.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2024
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“Northern hemisphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/northern%20hemisphere. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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