The two tiny islands just two miles apart but with a 21 hour time difference
Two neighbouring tiny islands occupying the same strait are just two miles apart but separated by nearly an entire day.
The Diomede islands - two little landmasses known as Big Diomede and Little Diomede - lie in an unusual spot just below the Arctic Circle.
They are sandwiched between Russia to their west and the US via Alaska to their east, with one owned by each nation.
Russia has claimed the larger of the two isles, an empty plot of land, and the US the smaller, inhabited landmass.
They are connected to their mainland sponsors primarily via their time zones, which, in turn, significantly separates the small islands.
While they are only two miles apart, Little Diomede follows the Alaskan timezone, Alaska Standard Time, while Big Diomede follows the Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug timezone, and Anadyr Time.
Following those two timezones means they are separated by the International Date Line, which places them 21 hours apart.
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