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As the World Turns

Hanging in the atrium of the National Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario Canada is a model of the Earth. It is suspended from the roof and a motor at the north pole rotates the sphere.

a view from the fourth floor

It is very impressive since it can be seen from all four floors of the building. Imagine looking at the Earth from a platform in space with the sun behind you. Also imagine that the earth is rotating so fast that a day and a night are only a few minutes each.

Watch this video as the world turns. Zooming in a couple of times we see the Persian Gulf, then Saudi Arabia and the Red Sea. After rotating past the Mediterranean Sea, it stops with a view of North Africa, Spain, France and The United Kingdom. (Watch it in full screen and high resolution mode if your device will low it to get the best impression.) The sound is from the excitement of the visitors so you might want to turn down the volume before starting the video.

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This is how it look when you stand below it and look up at the south pole.

Looking up at the south pole from below.

In a hall near by, is another suspended sphere that is very important to our comfortable live here on Earth. In addition to influencing the tides of our oceans, it also stabilizes our earth so that it does not wobble around on its axis like a toy top that is about to fall over.

It appears that the moon has been taking a lot of hits for us from meteors that may have been heading for our home.

One last video before you leave. Would you like to visit the moon or are you happy to stay here on this beautiful space craft called Earth?

Watching from a safe distance.

– Where do you want to go today? –

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DJ

3 thoughts on “As the World Turns”

  1. This is awesome! In the wise words of Louis Armstrong, we do indeed have “a wonderful world” and an amazingly crafted universe with our beautiful moon literally taking blows on our behalf! I’d like to visit the moon but there really is no place like home, Earth sweet home! 🌻

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  2. What an awesome exhibit!
    I just read Marissa Meyer ‘s Lunar Chronicles, a lovely new take on old fairy tales, set on the Earth and Luna – I’m grateful for with the green earth that so abundantly provides for us!

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    1. Thanks for the comment. We are so dépendant on our earth to support us in every way; it’s a shame we haven’t paid more attention to supporting it.

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