Saturday, April 4, 2009

Does the sun always rise in the east

This is a bit odd question for testing a s/w engineer. But still people ask these Qs. Here is the most appropriate answer i could get.

At the North Pole, there is no such thing as east. Every direction is south. During the six-month polar "day," the sun rises in the south and sets in the south. Similarly at south pole every direction is north.


1 comment:

  1. but can there be a south-east and south-west direction?

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