than when you’re out and about,
you feel so directly from the very first step,
that something is moving forward, something is progressing.
1,140 km/h– That’s roughly how fast the Earth rotates
at 47 degrees north latitude, from west to east,
around its own axis.
And nobody notices!
George Francis Train's world journey took 80 days in 1870. In 1890, he completed it in 67 days, and in 1892, he even managed it in 60 days.
17,833 km is the distance the Earth travels in its orbit around the sun during a ten-minute rest. And we notice: NOTHING