Monday, January 12, 2009

Around the globe and into space

When I was growing up we were told that if you dig a hole deep enough you'll end up in China. When I bothered to think about that (which wasn't often) I decided it wasn't quite right because China is also in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's a website that will locate the opposite side of the world for a given USA zip code (or worldwide city or state). The other side of the world from Detroit is in the Indian Ocean perhaps a thousand miles southwest of Australia. And the opposite of Shanghai is in Uruguay.


Watch for Comet Lulin in February and March.

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