My girlfriend and i are arguing...i say that the sun rises...over the water..and will also set over the water...judeing by the angle
2007-03-14 10:32:57 · 9 answers · asked by Tommy M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It rises in the East and settles in the West. If the water is eastward from where you are then it will rise over the water and set on the land. If the water is west of you, the sun sets over the water. If you're in the keys, then you may go either way or both ways. LOL
2007-03-14 10:43:51 · answer #1 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun always rises in the East and sets in the West whether over water or land or mountain or molehill. Sometimes a peninsula on the East Coast will "bend" North/South and so, sometimes the sun will set over the water to the mainland side.
2007-03-14 17:40:44 · answer #2 · answered by billykettle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to be careful because even on the east coast there will be tracks of coast that lie east-west rather than north-south.
In these places you would see the sun rise and set over the sea.
But on purely north south tracks of coasts, you would see the sun rise over the sea on east coasts, and set over the sea from the west coasts.
2007-03-14 18:19:12 · answer #3 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on the east coast, the sun rises over the water and sets over the land.
An exception would be the the Florida Keys, where you can see the sun rise and set over water (but not the same 'water' in the morning as the evening).
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2007-03-14 17:37:49 · answer #4 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sun rises in the east because Earth is rotation in that direction. Where you see the sun rising depends upon the place where you are standing. If you are standing on east coast Sun appears rising from water, if your on west coast still sun rises in the east. But it appears rising from land, buildings, hills etc. It depends on what you have in the East.
2007-03-14 18:13:30 · answer #5 · answered by Wiser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it only rises in the east, to see it set you'd have to get in a jet and fly to the west coast and then you can see it set in the ocean.
2007-03-14 17:40:06 · answer #6 · answered by bill45310252 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the sun does not rise nor does it set. Think about it.
2014-09-26 16:33:30 · answer #7 · answered by Chris Ryan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever is on your western horizon is what it will "set" on. Here on the east coast it's land.
2007-03-14 20:04:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right, but only if you are in Florida and staying in Key West.
2007-03-14 17:47:42 · answer #9 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋