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Jason M
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Hi - I once took a direct flight from India to the United States that flew over the north pole. It was an 18 hour flight in May that left at 12AM India Standard Time and landed in Chicago at 6AM CST. Because the aircraft reached such a high latitude on a day after the verbal equinox, we were able to see the sun "rise" (not a truly a rise since it was our motion, not the earth's, that put us in a place to see the sun peek over the horizon). But soon after, as we sunk latitude again, the sun "set" back in the east only to then naturally "rise" again later.
Its easy to conceptualize then how one could see 2 sunrises in 24 hours. But is it possible to see more? Could I feasibly zigzag back and forth across the daylight/night regions of the earth and watch the sun go up and down - or would anything scientifically prevent this?
Its easy to conceptualize then how one could see 2 sunrises in 24 hours. But is it possible to see more? Could I feasibly zigzag back and forth across the daylight/night regions of the earth and watch the sun go up and down - or would anything scientifically prevent this?