Ciudad Mitad del Mundo, just north of the center of Quito, was the originally measured equator line in 1736. Then along came the GPS and they discovered that the true equator was only 250 meters south of the monument in the above photo.
At the Intiñan Solar Museum they lay claim to being on the true equator, and is a tourist attraction that is just about the same as being at Santa Clause’s House in North Pole Alaska. It was a fun couple of hours spent watching and partaking in the demonstrations of the Coriolis effect, the strength tests, and balancing the egg on the head of a nail. Now truth be told the Coriolis effect demonstrations are bad Physics and a slight of hand (or sink) tricks are just that, tricks, but we played along and enjoyed our time. Balancing the egg on the head of a nail however was achieved by me, not once but twice.
Look at his shock and surprise at my amazing egg balancing feat!
Actually it was the heat that caused the face.
Fun time at the equator. Latitude with attitude!
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