thanks for the links - the Art of Science Gallery is really beautiful. And I remember my grandfather telling me about some islands called "antipodes" near New Zealand - no idea if they are real, but now I can search for them on google maps ;-)
Cheers, Stefan
6:04 PM, May 20, 2009
Tiger said...
Hi Stefan & Bee,
Well Stefan your grandfather was right, and as you can see on wikipedia, it refers precisely to Australia/New Zealand, and probably to the surrounding islands too.
Oh, and even the Antipodes Islands really exist, southeast of New Zealand, and roughly antipodal to London. And they are on google maps - at least in the satellite view, and though they appear a bit spooky, out of the blue...
Well, one does quickly notice the suspiciously crater like shape of the smaller island.
4:04 AM, May 25, 2009
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Dear Bee,
thanks for the links - the Art of Science Gallery is really beautiful. And I remember my grandfather telling me about some islands called "antipodes" near New Zealand - no idea if they are real, but now I can search for them on google maps ;-)
Cheers, Stefan
6:04 PM, May 20, 2009
Hi Stefan & Bee,
Well Stefan your grandfather was right, and as you can see on
wikipedia, it refers precisely to Australia/New Zealand, and probably to the surrounding islands too.
Beautiful gallery indeed.
Bests,
Johann
4:08 AM, May 21, 2009
The Indian Ocean is to the southWEST of Australia. Lots of things are upside down in the south, but not east and west.
10:43 AM, May 22, 2009
Ooops, thanks. That was of course just to test the attentiveness of our readers ;-)
11:20 AM, May 22, 2009
Oh, and even the Antipodes Islands really exist, southeast of New Zealand, and roughly antipodal to London. And they are on google maps - at least in the satellite view, and though they appear a bit spooky, out of the blue...
7:28 PM, May 24, 2009
Well, one does quickly notice the suspiciously crater like shape of the smaller island.
4:04 AM, May 25, 2009
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4:18 PM, June 07, 2009