BBC Earth Season 1, Episode 2 "Forces of Nature"Assume that in...

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    BBC Earth Season 1, Episode 2 "Forces of Nature"

    Assume that in the UK the globe Earth spins at ~650 mph (~1,000 mph at the equator).

    Fly West around sunset in a fighter jet at about that speed & the setting Sun hangs on the horizon.

    Speed up to Mach 1+ and watch the "setting" Sun rise again. You are now flying faster than the spinning Earth.

    Simples.




 
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