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Close to the Sun [1]

The Sun glistens above Earth's limb in this image from the International Space Station. Earth is closest to the Sun for all of 2021 on January 2, about 1.5 million miles (2.4 million km) closer than the average distance. The close range has little effect on Earth's climate. [NASA]

Close to the Sun
The Sun above Earth from the ISS
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