What If The Earth Stopped Spinning - Minute By Minute

Earth is constantly spinning at around 1,000 mph, so fast and constant that we don't even notice it, but what if Earth suddenly stopped in its tracks? Check out today's insane new video that reveals what would happen if our planet suddenly stopped spinning! Spoiler alert: It's complete chaos!

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[WrecklessEating]

The idea of being launched at 1000 miles per hour is inconceivable.

[haleyrg]

Don’t worry guys if this ever happens I’ll fix it. 👍

[richdaley]

I was worried until I saw a Tesla Cyber Truck flying past and realized the narrator must be talking about this happening millions of years in the future. 😂

[cleverbread]

props to the camera man for travelling to an alternate universe where the earth stopped spinning to get this footage.

[LlamaDrama]

It’s actually quite scary to think about how fragile our lives are.

[rottenrobbie]

The Infographics Show makes documentaries on random topics so interesting. Appreciate the hard work. 👍

[seansines]

Really didn’t need this in my recommended while I’m having a relaxing Sunday evening.

[JJJJ-hebz]

Hurricane Patricia in 2015 had sustained winds of 215mph with gusts of 240 mph. The el Reno tornado had gusts of 300 mph.

[smileyeagle]

I keep seeing things about "what if the Earth suddenly stopped", what I'd love to see is a show like this showing what it would be like if the Earth were to slowly (but still incredibly rapidly in geologic scales, say over a decade) come to a stop. It would be interesting to think of how we would cope with that, given that we wouldn't be immediately wiped out by catastrophic events from a sudden stop.

[TimbavatiLion]

A small oversight is that living in the twilight zone would also be impossible. With a temperature gradient of ~200°C from the sun side to the night side, there'd be massive storms raging over the surface, making living on the surface practically impossible.

[tommyotero]

Can you imagine having to wait an entire year before mom went outside, rang the bell and started yelling for everyone to come clean up for dinner 🤯

[Lucas_Antar]

Imagine two civilizations growing in each side of the twilight zone and not really knowing about each other.

[goldenbeaver]

This reminded me of a super awsome 30 minute time-lapse of the universes life by melody sheep.I highly recommended to anyone, also great vid infographics 👍

[BrandsUnderstands]

They say this won’t happen in my lifetime but I’m still paranoid

[WhaleKillr]

I dont think people ever took earth spinning for granted

[onorebakasama]

15:58
That's not why leap years happen.

Leap years happen because the year is not 365 days long, but 365.24 days. As that .24 is close to .25, multiply .25 x 4 and you get 1, which is the extra day every 4 years. (That extra 0.01 is dealt with every 400 years. Most people don't know that the year 2000 was special--years ending in "00" are actually not leap years unless it is a multiple of 400. As such, the year 2100 will not be a leap year. The next century leap year will be the year 2400.)

As for the 23 hours and 56 minutes:
That is the sidereal rotation of Earth--the time it takes for Earth to rotate so that a single point on Earth returns to point to the same stars. Basically, the time it takes for the Earth to actually rotate. Our 24-hour day is the solar rotation of Earth--the time it takes to rotate so that a single point on Earth returns to point to the Sun (aka noon). Those extra four minutes for the Sun to reach solar noon again come from the Earth's orbital movement, as the Earth moves about one degree around the Sun every day, making it take longer.

[bradencluster]

But the moon is also getting further away from the Earth every year, so the gravitational pull of the moon slowing down the spin of the Earth will be weaker over millions of years.

[kearneydillon]

As a nurse, I havent had a normal circadian rhythm in 30 years. I have worked 12 hour day shifts and nightshifts for that long including my navy military service. I have lived with "jet-lag" every day since day one.
According to this video, I am well equipped to survive as not only do I thrive with odd time living, I have lived in the arctic for 25 years. I am TOTALLY used to 6 months of darkness at super-low temps. 😂😂
Combined with my arsenal and survival/medical skills....bring it on

[ihaveafootfettish]

Imagine saying see you tomorrow and forgetting about the appointment 😂

[GrahamPointer]

Given that the Earth's circumference is 40, 075 km at the equator, to keep in the twilight zone you'd need to travel 110 km every day.