M&D Deep Duck 4-6: Equator

[Thomas Eckhardt]

Am 29.01.2015 um 19:13 schrieb kelber at mindspring.com:
> "About March 20 and September 21, the sun rises exactly in the east,
> follows the equator for 12 hours, and sets exactly in the west.  At
> midday on an equinox, the sun is at its zenith over the equator and
> no objects will cast a shadow there."
>
> http://mexican-jaguars.tripod.com/nahuamayanumbersystem/id11.html
>
> But Cherrycoke describes the equatorial crossing to his audience:
>
> "...our Shadows lay perfectly beneath us."[p. 56]
>

Thank you! I knew it was in there somewhere.
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