The island where you see tomorrow

Visitors standing on Little Diomede Island can see tomorrow, and those who stand on Big Diomede Island see the past, although these two are just less than 3 km away.

Located near the center of the Bering Strait is the Diomede archipelago , consisting of the Big Diomede Islands - Litte Diomede (Big Island - Small Island) . What is special is that the place is located in a remote place but still famous is the blurring limit of time and space.

Standing from Litte Diomede Island and looking at Big Diomede, you can see "tomorrow" and vice versa even though they are only 2.4km apart by sea.

The two islands are only about 2.4 km apart, but are nearly a day apart.(Photo: Ghostvillage).

The strange thing happened because an island located in Russian territory, the other side is owned by the US so they have two different time zones. Russian and American hours differ by 21 hours.

When in Russia came the new day, the US is still yesterday. Because of this calculation, Big Diomede is also called Tomorrow Island (Tomorrow Island ), while Litte Diomede is Day Yesterday (Island).

In winter, when the weather is cold, the sea surface here will freeze, accidentally creating a bridge connecting the two islands and people can easily walk from the US to Russia. However, this is considered illegal.

In the village there is a school, a church, a helipad, a clinic and there are both internet and telephone.(Photo: Ghostvillage).

During the Cold War, Russia moved all residents of Mai Island into the mainland. Today, there are only military residences here. On the island Yesterday, there were about 150 Americans living, concentrated into a village, famous for its ivory carvings.

According to a US government survey, more than 90% of the island's population is indigenous. Of the 43 households, more than 37% are children under the age of 18, nearly 21% of couples live together, more than 32% are absent from men, while 18.6% are single. The income of people here is not high, many households are classified as poor.

In the cold winter weather, people from one island can go to the other island thanks to a ice bridge.(Photo: Ghostvillage).

On the island there are no paved roads, highways, railways or waterways. The only way to move is to walk on trails, use sleighs or skis. In addition to tourists, the island also welcomed visiting delegations and Alaska residents from the mainland.