• Question: why can we see the clouds move but we cant see the ground move

    Asked by joe to Jonny on 21 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Jonny Brooks-Bartlett

      Jonny Brooks-Bartlett answered on 21 Jun 2015:


      We can’t see the ground move because we’re moving at the same speed as the ground. We can see clouds move because they don’t move at the same speed as us.
      The Earth spins at about 1000 miles per hour so we’re actually moving very fast all of the time.

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