How does the globe freeze on the poles in a distance of 6.373km from Equator but doesn't freeze the opposite side of the globe when it turns 12.746km away from the sun? Picture by Samuel Trovão‎ posted to Flat Earth Matters 24 July · 2016 on Facebook Everytime night falls, whoever lives near the equator should feel a temperature drop equivalent to twice the cold at the Poles. It would be an Ice Age all night and the heat of the Sahara during the day, every day. #flatearth