March 29th, 2007

Pinpoint Where You’d End Up if You Dug to the Bottom of the World

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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

I can admit it. When I was very little, I went out to our backyard and tried to dig to China. I was a literal child and I guess, not much has changed. Here’s a handy site that shows exactly where you would end up if you dug through the earth to the other side.

Key Learnings:
China is not even close to where I’d end up if I dug from San Francisco straight down. I’d be washing ashore in Madagascar or Cape Town, South Africa. But the best part about the world being round, is that the bottom of the earth is also the top and the side when you move the start location around. Makes the experience more 3D than even me with my little yellow shovel.

Try It Here
Source: ubasics.com

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One comment to "Pinpoint Where You’d End Up if You Dug to the Bottom of the World"

  1. Mike says:

    None of us digging kids would have ended up on land :(

    Every single point in North America lands on water - go figure.

    Mike

    Sorry if I ruined the surprise :p
    Now go get that shovel and dig multiple directions and you may get lucky ;)

    March 30th, 2007 at 3:02 am

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