Standing on the equator, you are perpendicular to the axis around which Earth rotates. As seen from there, the stars rise straight up on the eastern horizon and set straight down on the western horizon. This is the same effect you get when driving straight over the crest of a hill; the objects on the other side of the hill appear to move straight upward as you descend.
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