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Image : Introduction from Karen Stamieszkin


The sunrise over clouds, over the Pacific…a never-ending sunrise because when you fly west, you are “chasing” the sunrise.  In other words, the earth is turning towards you as you fly over it.  So you are relatively near to the sunrise for an extended period of time!

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