It's right that only places between the tropics will ever see the sun directly overhead. I asked it the same question and it was kinda subtly misleading: "The

It's right that only places between the tropics will ever see the sun directly overhead. I asked it the same question and it was kinda subtly misleading: "The Sun is directly overhead, or at the zenith, at a given location only when that location is on the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees north latitude) during the Summer Solstice (around June 21st each year) or on the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees south latitude) during the Winter Solstice (around December 21st each year)." There are other situations besides these - you don't have to be -on- one of the tropics for the sun to be overhead, you have to be -on or between- them.