The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Looking at a map also shows that if you follow the direction of the sun from east to west, the Pacific lies went of the Atlantic. In that case, how can you possibly see the sun rise over the Pacific and set over the Atlantic?
Well, you can. Unlikely as it sounds, you can do just that in Panama. This is the narrowest part of Central America, down in the south where it joins South America. Panama is shaped like an ‘S’ lying on its back. Because of this the land curves round a gulf in the Pacific Ocean in the south and round a gulf of the Atlantic in the north. So at sunrise you can go to the south coast and watch the sun rise over the Pacific. In the evening you have only to cross around eighty kilometres to the north coast to watch it go down over the Atlantic.
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