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I'd hazard a guess that you would never quite reach the Antipodes as, due to friction and the continuing attraction to the centre of the Earth, you'd begin to fall back to the middle.

Then, of course, you'd have burnt to a crisp long before reaching the core anyway!
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Re: The Centre of the Earth

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I'd hazard a guess that you would never quite reach the Antipodes as, due to friction and the continuing attraction to the centre of the Earth, you'd begin to fall back to the middle.

Then, of course, you'd have burnt to a crisp long before reaching the core anyway!
True very true. I am a late poster to this thread.
But I like it. I remember watching a film about this, many moons ago.

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Re: The Centre of the Earth

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I'd hazard a guess that you would never quite reach the Antipodes as, due to friction and the continuing attraction to the centre of the Earth, you'd begin to fall back to the middle.

Then, of course, you'd have burnt to a crisp long before reaching the core anyway!
His/her time would be better spent moaning about Cecil Rhodes.
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23-12-2017, 01:20 AM
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Re: The Centre of the Earth

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True very true. I am a late poster to this thread.
But I like it. I remember watching a film about this, many moons ago.
Yes, I saw that film too.

The Morlochs are scary, aren't they?
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So ... no tunnel from here to Botany Bay then? Shame - we could have deported all our illegal immigrants then sealed up our end !
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So ... no tunnel from here to Botany Bay then? Shame - we could have deported all our illegal immigrants then sealed up our end !
We have plenty of old mine shafts. We could put them down there, give them a couple of pick axes and invite them to continue the journey under their own steam.
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Re: The Centre of the Earth

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I'd hazard a guess that you would never quite reach the Antipodes as, due to friction and the continuing attraction to the centre of the Earth, you'd begin to fall back to the middle.

Then, of course, you'd have burnt to a crisp long before reaching the core anyway!
Yes, I think I read once that the centre would be a vacuum so one would be suspended whilst being burnt.

I got close once when I dug my pond in my previous house. Luckily I noticed my spade starting to melt so I quickly backfilled some soil.
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Re: The Centre of the Earth

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Yes, I think I read once that the centre would be a vacuum so one would be suspended whilst being burnt.

I got close once when I dug my pond in my previous house. Luckily I noticed my spade starting to melt so I quickly backfilled some soil.


No, that was friction from the frantic digging.
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I saw the Channel Tunnel being dug if that helps.
My next door neighbour at that time worked on it, I even have a piece of rock as a souvenir.

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Well what were the monsters underground then?
 
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