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Diagram of the rotation direction of earth

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Source: What If?

A day is a day long, right? Not so fast. Author Randall Munroe explores the difference between what we perceive and how fast the Earth is turning.

This entry was posted in How We See Things and tagged Science & Nature on September 1, 2017 by Mikki Gibson.

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