![]() ![]() For instance astronauts on the International Space Station sees 15 sunrises and sunsets every day. If you travel around the earth really fast you can experience more of them as well. Usually the number of sunsets you have seen should correlate to your age, but in our case it’s one less however, this is not unique for the international date line. When you skip a day you also skip a sunset and sunrise. If anyone fears Friday 13th, this might be the ultimate way of avoiding the day.Įven though our flight is bit over 15 hours we will, at least according to the calendar, spend three days in the air, 14th, 15th and 16th of November. Tuesday 15th is a day we will simply never experience. The outcome of this is that we take off on the 14th of November and land on the 16th. Since our flight departures in the evening we will cross the line around midnight. We, on the other hand, are travelling westwards and will therefore turn the clock 24 hours forward when crossing the line. If you travel eastwards you get to enjoy the same day twice, in other words a very long day. Even though it’s just a made up line, crossing it leads to some interesting phenomenons.ĭepending on the direction you travel in, crossing the international date line will add or subtract a day from the current one. Tora and I will cross the international date line this autumn. ![]()
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