Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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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.
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.
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.
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.
geography means nothing!
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.
Sextant and Ephemerus
Now there's a band name!
Right, Sean. What I'm saying is, a person with an astronomy hobby from the States might not be able to make sense of the constellations and think they were in the Southern Hemisphere, while and Aussie would think they were in the Northern. Only by combining their knowledge would they get to "Hey, there's something really not right here"
Following continuity from last season, aren't the castaways supposed to be experiencing the monsoon season soonish? There was a reason why Michael & friends had to set out on the raft when they did. The ocean should be pretty rought right now, no? There should be high winds.
If we are talking about magic/theoretical portals or powers, maybe they are more effective at different points through the earth, or even trying to avoid the molton core...
You don't have to cut a cake neatly in two. A straight line across a circle (or through a globe) need not be a perfect opposite point.