We know that the earth's axis is tilted 23 ½ degrees. On or about June 21 or 22 each year, the summer solstice occurs for those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere. On this particular day, the sun's rays are striking earth directly, or at 90 degrees, at a latitude approximately 23 ½ degrees north of the equator. If you were at 23 1/2 degrees north latitude on that day, and you looked up at noon, the sun would be directly overhead.

Imagine you have taken a flight north to New York City. Describe the sun rays at exactly noon on the same day of the year.