Imagine waking up on your island home, to know your neighbors on an island two miles away will soon be eating the next day’s breakfast.
This is the real scenario for the residents of the two Diomede islands: Big Diomede and Little Diomede. Despite being just 2.4 miles (3.8 km) apart, they have a 21-hour time difference. No wonder they are also known as Tomorrow Island (Big Diomede) and Yesterday Island (Little Diomede).
The incredible time zone difference has both historical and geographical reasons. The two islands, located in the Bering Sea, approximately halfway between Alaska and Russia, are separated by the International Date Line (IDL)….