Greenwich is famous for its standard time (GMT) that bisects the world into eastern and western hemispheres at 0 degrees longitude, and also known as the prime meridian (the international dateline is its analog on the otherside, but that zig zags around certain islands). Anyways, Greenwich was a great 20 minute boat detour down the Thames. Picking up a high speed ferry from the Tower of London we headed to this smaller city and its observatory in the park and university that is central to the town. As dusk set, you are able to visualize the prime meridian as a powerful green laser beams its path above the point that I'm bouncing around and over in the picture here. You can see our Greenwich pictures in Europe Gallery allery 6, starting from our ferry ride. It's not everyday that you have a picture that spans two hemispheres, let along having the opportunity of bouncing back and forth between them.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Greenwich: Straddling the Hemispheres
Greenwich is famous for its standard time (GMT) that bisects the world into eastern and western hemispheres at 0 degrees longitude, and also known as the prime meridian (the international dateline is its analog on the otherside, but that zig zags around certain islands). Anyways, Greenwich was a great 20 minute boat detour down the Thames. Picking up a high speed ferry from the Tower of London we headed to this smaller city and its observatory in the park and university that is central to the town. As dusk set, you are able to visualize the prime meridian as a powerful green laser beams its path above the point that I'm bouncing around and over in the picture here. You can see our Greenwich pictures in Europe Gallery allery 6, starting from our ferry ride. It's not everyday that you have a picture that spans two hemispheres, let along having the opportunity of bouncing back and forth between them.
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