it gose west of the atmosphere
If you travel along a line of longitude from the South Pole, you would travel directly northwards.
Radially, that is in every direction.
It travels around the sun in the same direction as the other planets. This is considered the "positive" direction.
North of course! There is no other way to travel.
what direction would you steer your boat to travel from Ecuador to the galapagos islands, west.
If you are traveling from Ecuador to the Galapagos Islands you are going west.
The Galapagos Islands are due west of Ecuador. So the direction you would have to travel is west.
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You would travel west.
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The Galapagos Islands lie approximately 1000 kms west of the mainland of Ecuador. So head West!
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