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Old Nov 17, 2008 | 3:33 am
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Here's another perspective: people sometimes use the term "on the other side of the world", right? well, that's what it really is. By going across the top of the earth, you are skipping the extra distance to go around. think of it as going from the centre of a circle to the top instead of going to the left, then up around the outline.

Gregmchicago posted an excellent explanation. Take this as a visual example, its EWR-SIN. http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gcmap?PATH=EWR-SIN
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