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How fast do I have to fly vertically up to pause sunset?
I'm standing on the famous Laguna Beach in southern Los Angeles to watch the sunset on December 18th (33.541679°N 117.777214°W, 0m elevation, 16:44 PST). Now, from my perspective at the shore, the sun'...
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Why wouldn't the part of the Earth facing the Sun a half year before be facing away from it now at noon?
The Earth takes 24 hours to spin around its own axis and 365 days to spin around the Sun. So in approximately half a year the Earth will have spun around its axis 182.5 times.
Now take a look at the ...
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How can we see the moon while it's between the Earth and the Sun? [duplicate]
I know this sounds like (and probably is) a stupid question, but I can't figure it out.
As far as I know, the crescent shape of the moon is when the moon is on the sunny side of the Earth, but that ...
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Day/night cycle in Greenland
I have heard that in Greenland there is day for 6 months and night for 6 months. Is this true? If so, how does it happen?
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Why does the Sun turn red near sunset?
At daytime the Sun's light is yellowish if not near white. Why when the Sun starts to go down that it's light turn more red. I don't think the earth's rotation is so rapid to cause a red shift.
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