Probably also explains why you can see the sun both rise from and set in the sea at Whitby, too, now I come to think of it.
[Note for people who don't know where Whitby is - it's on the East coast, but owing to bumpy coastline manages to be arranged such that if you're looking out to sea you're looking more or less due North.)
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Date: 2005-07-14 10:23 pm (UTC)[Note for people who don't know where Whitby is - it's on the East coast, but owing to bumpy coastline manages to be arranged such that if you're looking out to sea you're looking more or less due North.)