Wow. That lands one smack in the middle of the Pacific. Neat.
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Anne W. - Jan 16, 2006 4:17:58 am PST #735 of 5968
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
SuziQ - Jan 16, 2006 4:44:39 am PST #736 of 5968
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Very cool link le nub. CJ and I have been having fun playing with it.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 16, 2006 5:35:06 am PST #737 of 5968
What is even happening?
aurelia's so smart.
I don't know how Mr. Eko's brother and his kidnappers could get that far in such a little plane, but *jazz hands jazz hands* I think you're onto something.
le nubian - Jan 16, 2006 6:00:36 am PST #738 of 5968
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
they got sucked through the earth?
sense it does not make.
Anne W. - Jan 16, 2006 6:02:27 am PST #739 of 5968
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I don't know how Mr. Eko's brother and his kidnappers could get that far in such a little plane
It might also explain how the Black Rock could have wound up so far inland and relatively intact.
On a vaguely related note, what I would love is for someone to look up at the stars one night and realize that the constellations are entirely wrong for where they think they are.
dcp - Jan 16, 2006 6:14:54 am PST #740 of 5968
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Anyone wanna experiment with a point in Nigera? Doesn't it seem that our Island of Mystery would be the opposite point?
The closest coordinates are south and east of the coast of Nigeria. It's a stretch -- but what isn't, for this show?
Have a look at: [link]
The line is plotted from 0N 0E (on the equator at the prime meridian) to the antipodean coordinates.
Compare to this: [link]
The lines are the great circle flight paths from Sydney to Los Angeles, Fiji to Honolulu, and Fiji to the numbers used as coordinates south and west.
The big circle is a 3000 nautical mile radius around Sydney, and the small circles are 1000nm around Fiji and Honolulu.
Still a stretch, I think.
DebetEsse - Jan 16, 2006 6:15:33 am PST #741 of 5968
Woe to the fucking wicked.
It would likely take two of them, and Aussie and someone from the States. Otherwise, they might just assume that they're in the wrong hemisphere.
§ ita § - Jan 16, 2006 6:20:05 am PST #742 of 5968
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It might also explain how the Black Rock could have wound up so far inland and relatively intact.
The Black Rock sailed from the other side of the continent, though.
le nubian - Jan 16, 2006 6:22:51 am PST #743 of 5968
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
geography means nothing!
Sean K - Jan 16, 2006 6:24:28 am PST #744 of 5968
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It would likely take two of them, and Aussie and someone from the States. Otherwise, they might just assume that they're in the wrong hemisphere.
Except that, unless they are on a different planet altogether, they'd have to be in one hemisphere or the other. Constellations don't chage when you move east-west. They only change when you move north-south.
In order to look at the constellations and discover that they're someplace completely impossible (like a different ocean), they'd need a sextant and an ephemerus.