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UNUSUAL OCCURRANCES
 
         
     
  • In 2 minutes 50 seconds, the four hemispheres can be traversed. Anyone can do it . How is this possible? It is necessary to come to this place and prove it by yourself.

  • A person can place one foot in the Northern Hemisphere and the other on the Southern Hemisphere.

  • So far, yet son near, two persons, one in the Northern Hemisphere, the other on the Southern Hemisphere may shake hands kiss each other or embrace while they remain within their respective hemisphere.

  • Your weight is less here than at the latitude from which you came. In this place, everything weighs less as per Newton's Gravity Law. See for yourself on the special scale.
 
Monumento de la Ciudad Mitad del Mundo
         
Ciudad MItad del Mundo
 
  • Be present on March 21 and September 23 for the traditional equinoccial feasts and participate in the official " Equinoccial Dance ".

  • When you stand on the Equator, you are traveling at more than 1.667 km. per hour due to the rotation of the Earth. This is the maximum velocity attainable in this manner.

  • You can get a certificate stating one's arrival at the Middle of the World in the name of the sun god ( Inty ) which is testimony that one day you stood on the Equator.

  • Take a photograph holding the World on your hands.
     
  • Snow in the Equator:

    You can take photographs from the balcony of the Equator monument of the eternally snow-capped volcano, Cotopaxi, 5857 mts. high and the Cayambe snow mountain, 5790mts. high, where also the Equator line crosses through.
 
Snow in the Equator
     
London nights
 
  • Being in the middle of the torrid zone a very chilling cold is felt, visit and experience this phenomenon between the hours of four and six pm.

  • London Nights:

    There are evenings, especially in the winter when a very dense fog covers the land and it becomes difficult to distinguish or recognize a person ten meters away.
     
  • Equilibrium:
    Walk over the Equator Line latitude 0º- 0`- 0" at an altitude of 6.377,397 meters with out danger of falling.

  • One-footed walk on each Hemisphere:
    placing yourself over the two hemispheres, try this task: place your right foot in the Northern hemisphere and your left in the Southern, walk, turn around and walk back.
 
Equilibrium


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