> Cory Waters wrote: > > Ok... > > Over here in the Americas, if you're digging a deep hole, > one might joke > > that you're digging a hole to China. > > This image made me wonder where this hole might end-up. > > http://www.zefrank.com/sandwich/ >
there aren't many antipodal points that are both on land, so the sandwich could be quite difficult to make. Anyone digging a hole right through the Earth would have to take care about where it came out, in case it flooded. It would be tragic if I were to dig through to Greenwich's antipodes because it could end up with the whole of the Pacific Ocean breaking through and flooding this side of the world - that's wh I've never tried it. I have a vague dream of cycling round the world at some point while I still have knees, so I've looked into this business of antipodes. Two pairs that I'm interested in are near Ulaan Bator (of course) and Caleta Tortel, a coastal village in Chile close to Monte San Lorenzo; and Tarifa, Spain (the southern tip of continental Europe) and a point near Waipu on New Zealand's North Island. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
