Day to Night - Arizona, Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea

            The day is heading toward night on the continent of North America. Night has already fallen in The Caribbean and on the east coast of the United States.

The earth's axis of rotation is close to vertical in this view. 

The day is heading toward the night on the continent of North 
America. To see how that happens, wherever you are standing or sitting, use the right-hand rule as follows:
 
Right-Hand Rule:
Make a fist and point your thumb upward. That is toward the north on this map. 
Your other fingers are pointing in the direction of the earth's rotation. That is west to east on this map

So, areas in sunlight at the left in this photo are heading toward the darkness of night at the right side. Anyplace on earth, the observer fixed on the earth moves from the west toward the east.

Thus, an observer at any location on the earth will see sky events first rising above the in the eastern horizon, then progressing upward across the sky through the mid day or mid night and then descending toward the western horizon.

I believe the badge shows how many photos I have uploaded to The Cloud.

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Taken on: September 19, 2017

Sets appears in: • The Earth's Globe Right Now! • September 2017 In Photos

Groups appears in: • GoogleEarth • Google Earth, Maps & Mash-ups more » • Beautiful Earth • Astronomy, Stars, Planets and Space • PLANET EARTH OUR HOME • Our beautiful planet earth « less

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