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  • 010-12 Greenwich
    Dick Hodgman (admin) - Wednesday 24 April 2013 00:22
    The observatory at Greenwich.
    The ball on the tower moves down at precisely 1:00 PM daily so ships that see it can set their chronometers. The whole point of the observatory was to maintain the time standard and provide it to mariners so they could determine their longitude at sea.
  • 003-22 19800815 Jerusalem - Church of the Holy Sepulchre
    Dick Hodgman (admin) - Wednesday 24 April 2013 00:15
    Crusader soldiers carved these in the stone in this passageway to the basement. The soldiers were illiterate so they carved crosses instead of their initials. This was as described by my guide who led me along the stations of the cross.
  • 003-03--05 Mount Carmel - Haifa - Israel - behind Intel Panorama
    Dick Hodgman (admin) - Tuesday 23 April 2013 16:48
    I checked this location out on Google Maps Street View - wow, has it changed since 1980.
  • 003-03--05 Mount Carmel - Haifa - Israel - behind Intel Panorama
    Dick Hodgman (admin) - Tuesday 23 April 2013 16:46
    I checked this location out on Google Maps Street View - wow, has in changed since 1980.