The photo above shows two islands in sea facing each other .These are not ordinary islands. They are located in Bering Straits and they belong to Russia and USA and represent two different days of calendar at any given time.They are just 2.4 km apart from each other. The bigger one called Big Diomede with an area of 29 sq kms with no population, belongs to Russia and part of Siberia - 25 km from main land.The International Date Line is about 1.8 km east of this island. The smaller one ,called Little Diomede, has an area 7.3 sq kms and a population of 170 and belongs to Alaska (25 km from main land). The International Date Line is about 0.6 km west of this island.On a clear day, by looking at Big Diomede from Little Diomede - one can see tomorrow as the time difference between the two islands is exactly 24 hrs. Also, during winter, an ice bridge usually spans the distance between the two islands ; therefore it is possible to walk from USA to Russia or vice versa ! Satellite view of Bering Straits - Siberia is towards left & Alaska is in on right side. |
Friday, November 23, 2012
See Tomorrow today !
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