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Bad Coriolis

Bad Coriolis

A slightly indignant site explaining why the water in a sink (or toilet) does not rotate one way as it drains in the northern hemisphere and the other way in the southern hemisphere.

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http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html
Madgeburg Hemispheres

Madgeburg Hemispheres

300 years ago, Otto von Guericke arranged a demonstration in Magdeburg, Germany to demonstrate the air pump which he had invented. He made two hemispherical iron vessels which could be put together ...

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/pmdg.html#mad
The Aurora

The Aurora

Site gives information on, and images of, the Aurora Borealis. This includes regular forecasts of auroral activity over Alaska and the northern hemisphere.

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http://dac3.pfrr.alaska.edu:80/~pfrr/AURORA/

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