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what is on the other side of the globe?

MJBMJB Posts: 1,235
in General Discussion
not really about computers, but some might enjoy it.

A map showing what's exacly on the opposite side of he planet.
https://antipodesmap.com/#antipodes-map
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antipodes.png
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Comments

  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    Just sharks and ocean opposite Los Angeles. It's hardly worth digging!
  • MikeDYurMikeDYur Posts: 2,176
    Missed the west coast of Australia by that much, shark bait like erco.
  • VonSzarvasVonSzarvas Posts: 3,450
    South Pacific for me. Too far out to surf. :crazy:
  • SeairthSeairth Posts: 2,474
    I see that somewhere in Cambodia is opposite of Machu Picchu. Did anyone ever come across the book "How to Build a Flying Saucer: And Other Proposals in Speculative Engineerings"? I vaguely recall a discussion of an ancient method of planet-wide communication discussed there, which depended on nodal points (or something like that). I don't see any Cambodian temples on the map in that area, but that's obviously just the government keeping it a secret. :D
  • rjo__rjo__ Posts: 2,114
    Seairth,

    Glad you opened it up a little:)

    My understanding is that Tesla (at Wardenclyffe Tower) was going to transmit RF through tubes buried in the ground... and then convert it back into electricity down the road... whereas in Colorado Springs he was just pumping RF into the ground hoping that the EPA wouldn't notice.

  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    From most interesting places in the world there is nothing but ocean on the other side. Interesting. I guess given the ratio of land to sea surface on the Earth that is inevitable.
  • Hal AlbachHal Albach Posts: 747
    Heater,

    So true! St. Petersburg, Fl tunnels out about 1000 km west of Australia. I think I see that missing Malaysian Air flight....
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    From Sydney I get to the ocean.

    My daughter lives in London and she lands in the ocean southeast of NZ.
    It's interesting to see how much further to the poles London is compared to Sydney, Tasmania, and NZ. No wonder there weather is so much colder. We have been having similar temps over the past couple of weeks, but they are in the height of summer while we are in the middle of winter :)
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,451
    Saw this tool years ago. Pretty much the whole continental US maps to the middle of the Indian Ocean. And yes, with less than 30% of the Earth's surface being land, most places will map to water. It is the relatively unusual exceptions that are interesting.
  • SeairthSeairth Posts: 2,474
    localroger wrote: »
    It is the relatively unusual exceptions that are interesting.

    Like Perth (AU) and Bermuda?
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    Jees, if the Earth had just a bit more water we would all be fish.

    Assuming life can get kick started in the salty water of the sea.

  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    It's all about managing dry land.

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