[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

I was able to open them once, but like you I am unable to open them any longer. And taking a closer look that quote, it was not particularly well written. The sun is not shifting anywhere. As the result of the slow precession of the earths poles the angle at which the sun strikes the earth changes over time. The current point at which the earth's pole point, shifts over time, and the earth's pole/axis will, in an approximately 26,000 year cycle, move through a circle until it returns to the original position/pole star. Precession also affects when the equinox happens. The tropical year does not match the calender year. As a result, both the tropic of cancer and capricorn shift. Hawaii.edu article regarding movment of tropic lines Signs along Mexican highway showing annual change to position of the Tropic of Cancer. A separate issue is a report that as a result of the Fukishima earthquake there may have been a small shift in the axis of the earth. (Change in the actual pole.) This might have resulted that story regarding the Inuit elders. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_precession Hows your Trigonometry? If the Japanese scientists were correct and the pole shifted 1.8 meters (15 feet?) how much would that shift the actual equator? (Both poles or just one...will we wobble more?) I don't think 2300 miles...and I cant say if the location of the pole changed. Interesting story though.

[Right Wing Assault]

Thanks for your post. I wonder what each reader took away from the initial post!

About 6 feet.