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Re: The World according to Harshbarger, Lambrecht, and Lowell
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lugnet.build.sculpture
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Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:07:59 GMT
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In lugnet.build.sculpture, Derek Schin wrote:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Eric Harshbarger wrote:
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> > A 15 inche GLOBE built as a Lowell Sphere:
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> > http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/globe2.html
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> Wow, that does look great--but I think I have to contest your assertion that
> Antarctica is a negligible land mass...even though it's covered in snow and ice,
> I'm sure the land that is there is bigger than Madagascar.
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> Derek
Derek is correct, the physical land mass of Antartica is actually almost the
same as the USA (5.4 million sq miles vs 5.9 million sq miles). The ice shelves
and ice mass are in addition to this area.
Having said that, your creation is way cool and since it is sitting on
Antarctica, who cares how big it is!!!
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