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Michael S.1

12-18-2005 @ 5:01PM

Michael S. said...

This image of the earth from space shows how the Mercator project more accurately captures the true shape of Africa:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth?imgsize=320&opt=-l&lat=16.9583&ns=North&lon=-25.6667&ew=West&alt=147949043&img=learth.evif

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