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Backwards Sunrise

  • January 12, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

At the Panama Canal, you can see the sun rise over the Pacific Ocean and set over the Atlantic! That’s because Panama’s sideways S-shape creates a unique area where the Pacific is east of the Atlantic.

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