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The Earth rotates in an anticlockwise (counterclockwise) direction when viewed from above the north pole.
The Earth rotates counterclockwise (anticlockwise) if looked 'down' from above, from over the north pole.
Every point on Earth rotates from west to east (except the poles,

since there's no east or west at them).

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