0 Degrees West
0 degrees West
Originally uploaded by TwoCrabs.
So close yet so far from home. This photo was taken on the Earth's Prime Meridian, which runs through the Royal Naval Observatory in Greenwich Park, south London. The line divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and the clock here is considered the world's timepiece, hence: Greenwich Mean Time.
And here's a photo from the Oxford-Cambridge boat race held Sunday on the Thames River. This nearly 200-year-old competition started between two college students debating through postal mail about which team had the better rowers. On sunday, Oxford won.
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