The reservoir supplies fluid to the pump. The pump pumps the fluid to the steering unit. When the operator turns the steering wheel, connected to the steering unit via the steering shaft, the steering unit directs pressurized fluid to and from the cylinder. In response, the cylinder extends or retracts.
Up until the end of 2011, the sun rose first in either New Zealand or Kiribati. Kiribati is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. But in 2011, Samoa moved across the International Dateline. Before that, it was the last country in the world to see the sunset on a particular day. But, this put the country 23 hours behind its main trading partners in Australia and New Zealand. On December 30, 2011, Samoa skipped a day to move to the other side of the dateline.
The last total solar eclipse viewed from North America was on July 7, 1972 whose path went from Northern Alaska to Nova Scotia. A second, more recent, total solar eclipse was visible on July 11, 1991 from Southern Baja California to Panama.