STAND ASTRIDE THE PLATES
If you happen to be in the Greenwich Royal Observatory in London, it’s possible to stand with one foot in the eastern hemisphere and the other in the western hemisphere. In the Indonesian city of Pontianak, you can stand with one foot in the southern hemisphere, and the other in the northern hemisphere.
But at Marble Hill in the Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve in the South Island, you can do something far more impressive – stand at one moment on the Pacific Tectonic Plate, then move a few metres and stand on the Australian Tectonic Plate.
The Royal Observatory in London is home to
