The sun crept up above the western horizon and we found ourselves looking right into that brilliant orb. We were flying faster than the earth was turning, relative to the sun. We were quite impressed. But now, in these days of a mature jet age, with folks zipping around the globe at even faster speeds and flight paths, what we experienced is commonplace. Airline pilots routinely cross Canada and other parts of the planet at similar speeds and latitudes.
Nobody even thinks that seeing the sun rise in the west is special.