The Earth turns without me.
The Earth turns about one degree of longitude every 4 minutes. In Switzerland, this amounts to 1158km/h, supersonic at altitudes above 4'000m AMSL.
Flying westward at said speed in a Swiss Air Force Tiger F–5, we didn't turn with the Earth from Glarus to Lucerne. We documented the standstill by taking a picture of the Sun during those four minutes, which resulted in a point.
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| Portrait of the artist not turning with the Earth |
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| The standstill point (4 minute exposure not turning with the Earth) |
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| Diagram showing the pinhole camera built into the rear cockpit |
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