Equatorial Experiments

Find out what happens when you're stood on the equator. We visted Ecuador in September 2006, and took a trip to Mitad Del Mundo (Middle of the World). Where there's a line that marks the Equator. Unfortunately they got it wrong, and built the monument 200 metres off. So now there's 2 lines! one real one not!

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Travel & Events

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• ecuador
• equator
• experiments
• southamerica
• travel
• world
• travelling
• water
• gravity
• eggbalancing
• egg
• balance

[rickfarrell]

wow, ha ha, djonesx! you seriously need to get out more! how long did you spend trying to balance that egg! you could have been down the pub.

[rollmebackagain]

it's just silly to think that being 5 feet away from the equator makes a noticeable difference.

[Warthog1976]

Wonder how much tourists must pay for this trick?

[NicholasB1224]

I have no opinion on this. Looks real to me. But I wouldn't know.

[krlis2411]

Proudly Ecuadorean! Love Ecuador!

[mongcong]

wow, reading the comments makes me worry about humankind. This is a fake show they put on for tourists.

He pours the water in the direction he wants the water to rotate. "I try to stop the water". There's the disclaimer TRY. The water isn't stopping.

The rest of the show is BS as well.

[thoostorm4]

@fragbitehej qpecially this one

[joshmackie1]

p.s i got my certificate for balancing the egg whoo hooo!!

[joshmackie1]

i have actually been there and done the experiments and can say that they are all true!! people who have not been will say you are acting but it is 100% real!!!

[fragbitehej]

Haha, what a joke.

I hope that people are at least smart enough to understand that the implied experiment only works during the spring and autumn equinox. All the other times of the year, the rotational axis of the earth is NOT orthogonal to equator plane.

And what he does after that just makes me cry at how stupid people are :(

[VaughnPearson]

@ind20000

lol'd hard

[Tourecuador]

You wanna try this, email to info@tourecuador.ec, and lives Ecuador