Tag: international dateline
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The Flat Friends Are Looking At The Map…
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #cruising #southamerica Appreciating where we have been, the waterways we have sailed, and some of the amazing discoveries we have made. The Flat Friends have been having a lot of fun trying to understand the international dateline, but it was a real brain bender when a friend explained there is a period each…
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Dodging a Tropical Storm at Sea
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #tropicalstorm #tonga The Flat Friends made an art challenge out of trying to visualize where the storm we are avoiding is… and why we are avoiding it. 12 meter waves are more than our cruise ship can handle—now we are trying to imagine Captain Cook, or Captain Bligh facing seas like that! We…
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Sea Day Discoveries…
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #internationaldateline Sea days can be a fun time to look back at where we have already been, as well as looking forward to where we are going. Flat Hal and Flat Halena each have friends and family back home who want to know they are staying safe and healthy as we travel. There…
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Flat Stanley and Flat Hal crossed an invisible line and get to repeat a day!
The flat fellas crossed the international dateline, and returned to the Western Hemisphere. Instead of changing their clocks one hour forward, or backward, we moved the entire calendar one day backward and get to repeat yesterday. The International Dateline is typically referred to as being at 180 degrees longitude… but when I asked Gemini AI to…