Re: seeing the sun rise in the west
- From: "Androcles" <Engineer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:26:29 GMT
"john0714" <john0714@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1176615948.506988.319780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
With today's technology or technology expected soon would it be
possible for anyone staying within 100 miles of where the equator
crosses the surface of the Earth to see the Sun rise in the west and
set in the east?
Yes.
What would be necessary in order to do so?
Fly a plane toward the west faster than the Earth's circumference
divided by 24 hours.
Has anyone ever done so?
Concorde used to fly London to New York (5 time zones) in 3 hours.
Take off at dawn, the sun would set in the east, then dawn would arrive
2 hours after landing in New York. I doubt anyone would bother, though,
who wants to get out of bed that early just to see the sun go down
after it came up?
I think it would be a real hoot to do so
because my father seemed to think it was impossible anywhere on
Earth.. To bad he could not have been "dragooned" into doing so:)
Concorde has been discontinued, so your father can hoot.
.
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