[Guest]

I searched and didn't find this, so:

Asuming I don't have some sort of mutation that gives me eyes in the back of my head, how could I be watching the sunrise while facing West?

A similar one:

How could I be facing both North and South at the same time?

this is my first logic puzzle, so I hope it's good

[Guest]

first stand facing the north and note time. next day at the same time stand facing south.

thus u can face north and south at same time but not the same day

[Guest]

first stand facing the north and note time. next day at the same time stand facing south.

thus u can face north and south at same time but not the same day

clever! but not what I had in mind.

[dyalDragon]

you're a penguin near the south pole...not sure what part of the year it would be but at some point the sun will rise in the west (at least it will seem like west to you because the sun doesn't reach a high enough point in the sky to "rise" in antarctica until it is past the point where you would be looking north

so technically you are looking northwest

for the second one you could stand a few feet away from the north/south pole and look towards it, that way for 5 feet you are looking south, but then you are seeing north also because anything farther than 5 feet away is 'north' of the south pole...or vice versa

[Guest]

you're a penguin near the south pole...not sure what part of the year it would be but at some point the sun will rise in the west (at least it will seem like west to you because the sun doesn't reach a high enough point in the sky to "rise" in antarctica until it is past the point where you would be looking north

so technically you are looking northwest

for the second one you could stand a few feet away from the north/south pole and look towards it, that way for 5 feet you are looking south, but then you are seeing north also because anything farther than 5 feet away is 'north' of the south pole...or vice versa

I think your talking about the 6 month day and 6 month night, but the sun still rises in the east.

[dyalDragon]

I think your talking about the 6 month day and 6 month night, but the sun still rises in the east.

actually it is possible to see it in the west, or at least on your left as you face north, which would technically be west right... there would be a point when the sun, after the months of darkness, would rise for the first time, and if you were close enough to the south pole, facing north, and the sun rose in the left side of your field of vision....

[Guest]

actually it is possible to see it in the west, or at least on your left as you face north, which would technically be west right... there would be a point when the sun, after the months of darkness, would rise for the first time, and if you were close enough to the south pole, facing north, and the sun rose in the left side of your field of vision....

I actually dont know because I've never been to the south pole, but I'll take your word for it.

[dyalDragon]

I actually dont know because I've never been to the south pole, but I'll take your word for it.

never been either, but i did look it up after you mentioned it and it is possible

also saw some reports of people 'chasing sunsets' in planes around alaska and canada who saw the sunset before they took off then saw the sun re-rise afterwards, so i guess that would be another way to do it

[Guest]

never been either, but i did look it up after you mentioned it and it is possible

also saw some reports of people 'chasing sunsets' in planes around alaska and canada who saw the sunset before they took off then saw the sun re-rise afterwards, so i guess that would be another way to do it

well, wouldn't that depend on how long the flight was?

[Guest]

West, North ans South are people.

[Guest]

West, North ans South are people.

I had in mind that north was a person and south was a direction, but whatevs.

P.S. no ones guessed the second answer.

[Guest]

I had in mind that north was a person and south was a direction, but whatevs.

P.S. no ones guessed the second answer.

for the second part...if you are just true north of the magnetic north pole, you can be facing south from true north and north from magnetic south

[Guest]

for the second part...if you are just true north of the magnetic north pole, you can be facing south from true north and north from magnetic south

I actually have no idea what that means...that's all new to me.

[Guest]

I actually have no idea what that means...that's all new to me.

The true north pole is the north pole upon which the earth spins.

The magnetic north pole is the location towards which a compass points, which is NOT the same as the true north pole.

If you stand on the longitudinal line between those two points, and if you have a compass, and face the direction that the compass says is "north", you will be facing "south" with respect to the true north pole....and you will be facing both (true) south and (magnetic) north simultaneously!

[Guest]

The true north pole is the north pole upon which the earth spins.

The magnetic north pole is the location towards which a compass points, which is NOT the same as the true north pole.

If you stand on the longitudinal line between those two points, and if you have a compass, and face the direction that the compass says is "north", you will be facing "south" with respect to the true north pole....and you will be facing both (true) south and (magnetic) north simultaneously!

but arn't the magnetic poles always changing?

[Guest]

but arn't the magnetic poles always changing?

the rate of drift is so slow that it is negligible for any time instance t (it's something like 40 kilometers per year.....) Of course, at each time t, t+1, t+2, you'd have to move...but if you can't travel at 40 kilometers per year, then you shouldn't be doing this experiment

[Guest]

the rate of drift is so slow that it is negligible for any time instance t (it's something like 40 kilometers per year.....) Of course, at each time t, t+1, t+2, you'd have to move...but if you can't travel at 40 kilometers per year, then you shouldn't be doing this experiment

Okay, I don't know then. That's probably a reasonable answer, but I didn't think about that when I posted this.