Good morning Mike,
Last time I checked, the sun rose in the east here in Sydney, and sets in
the west. Of course, if you step from New South Wales into Queensland, the
sun rises an hour later. Wow, I've just lost an hour of my life, but at
least the curtains don't fade in Queensland!
I suspect that the reason for confusion in the UK advertising industry is
that they are a bit like ours: basically pig-ignorant!
The best (?worst) example I have seen of the sun setting in the east was in
the appalling John Wayne film "Green Berets" where the final scene has the
Duke watching the sunset over a beach in Vietnam. My maps suggest that
Vietnam doesn't have a west coast, but hey, that's Hollywood, and movies are
not exactly known for letting the facts get in the way of a good (or in the
case of Green Berets, a lousy) story.
Cheers, John
John Pickard
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Shaw" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "Sundial List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: upside down world
Perhaps if the cradles of civilisation had been in the southern
hemisphere, our clocks would all go round the other way.
Incidentally, I am surprised by how many television adverts in the UK show
the sun rising or setting the wrong way.
Do you suppose a lot of the filming is done in Australia?
Mike Shaw
53.37N 3.02W
www.wiz.to/sundials
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