Why are some places in day when we are in night?

Question: Why are some places in day when we are in night?
- Keywords:
  day,
  night
Asked by meg123 to Amy, Karen, Sarah, Vijay, Will on 19 Jun 2012.
- Karen Reed answered on 19 Jun 2012:
  
  basically becuase they are on the other side of the earth.
  See my answer on your question of why the sun goes down

Question: Why are some places in day when we are in night?