Equinox Special:Egg can always stand on equator
565 views · Published 21 March 2015 · 1:08 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: New China TV · 2015 · News & Politics
Equinox is a meteorological phenomenon, which means day time equals night time. The Chinese people have a tradition to celebrate the date o march 21, by tryingto elect egg on ground or table. The attempt may work or fail in China, but it can always work on the equator. This is part of the so called Coriolis Effect. The Coriolis Effect explains how water will drain counterclockwise, clockwise or straight down, depending on where you are on the earth. This file video, shot at Mitad del Mundo, or "Middle of the World," which marks the equator in Quito, Ecuador, demonstrates this theory. The first experiment involves a sink full of water. When the plug is removed from the sink situated directly on the equator, the water flows straight down. Our guide Ricardo then moves the sink just a meter into the Northern Hemisphere and refills it. This time when he pulls the plug, the water flows counterclockwise. It flows the opposite way, that is clockwise, when the sink is moved into the Southern Hemisphere.
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