eli5: As earth rotates, why are we not able to travel to different places just by hovering above the ground? lol

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eli5: As earth rotates, why are we not able to travel to different places just by hovering above the ground? lol

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You are also moving as fast as the earth is, cause yknow, you are on earth. So if you jump you just move with earth. If you wanted to be still relative to the earth’s rotation you would simply be flying from our perspective.

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