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Image:Earth axis tilt and precession.jpg

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Cartoon showing effect of axial precession and changing inclination through time. I made this figure in PowerPoint on August 18, 2004.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:29, 28 August 2004	500×300 (33 KB)	GregBenson (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	21:25, 28 August 2004	500×300 (33 KB)	GregBenson (Talk \| contribs)	(This is the third time I've uploaded the corrected image. I cannot imagine what is going on, but the image on Wikipedia refuses to be updated.)
	21:25, 28 August 2004	500×300 (33 KB)	GregBenson (Talk \| contribs)	(This is the third time I've uploaded the corrected image. I cannot imagine what is going on, but the image on Wikipedia refuses to be updated.)
	21:11, 28 August 2004	500×300 (33 KB)	GregBenson (Talk \| contribs)	(Typo fix just won't take. Not sure what's going on here.)
	21:06, 28 August 2004	500×300 (33 KB)	GregBenson (Talk \| contribs)	(Fixed typo (again!))
	21:02, 28 August 2004	500×300 (33 KB)	GregBenson (Talk \| contribs)	(I have corrected the typos and removed the bold text across the bottom, which should be placed in a figure caption.)
	00:27, 19 August 2004	721×500 (72 KB)	GregBenson (Talk \| contribs)	(Cartoon showing effect of axial precession and changing inclination through time. I made this figure in PowerPoint on August 18, 2004)