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Old December 2nd 18, 08:06 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Gerald Kelleher
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Default sundial at South Pole

It genuinely feels good to spot the normal noon cycle fit inside the Polar day/night cycle with the ceremonial pole surrounded by National flags reflecting that fact -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnuLTeHB3yU

So we have a United Nations in a geographical sense where no one Nation has claim on the surface point where rotation reduces to zero yet all longitude meridians encompassing Nations emerge from that point on the Earth's surface.

These facts matter.