why are the sun rays never vertical on the arctic circle?

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Arctic circle receives slanting rays due to the spherical shape of the earth. Only oblique rays fall on poles.

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because it never faces the sun directly
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Arctic circle is on 66.5 N latitude.
Even during June solstice Sunray fall directly vertically over 23.5 N latitude maximally.
so the sun rays never verticaly fall on the Arctic circle.
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