the real ecuator

The Ecuator closes at 8!!!

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March 28th 2007
Yes thats right that line around our home planet we humbly call Earth has an opening and closing time! how strange!! Well anyway here I am in Quito now! went to Mitad del Mundo (the middle of the world) otherwise known as the Ecuator! spent a while amusing myself jumping between the hemispheres, at night you can actually see both sets of stars!! (northern and southern skys at once!) Gravit ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more