THE CORIOLIS EFFECT
(36 second video)
Quito, Ecuador - Museo de sitio intinan

Does water really circle one way in the north,
and the other way in the south?
How about in tubs of water, located only feet from the
equatorial center line?
The fun display shows some interesting results!
(if only it were unbiased! See anything suspicious?)

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The Coriolis Effect is real. It's responsible for storms turning in opposite directions in the northern and southern
hemispheres. But to think a few feet either way of a "center line" on the earth would make this difference is a
stretch... and is not accurate. So how do these guys have so much fun with it?

Okay, it's about the placement of the leaves and water.
In the first display, the water is already in the tub, and has been all along. The leaves are carefully placed over
the drain, and they go straight down. This is very accurate and is really the truth. There is no circular bias, or
spin of the water at the equator. But then the fun starts.

In the second and third displays, supposedly "in the South and North," you can see the man pour the water into
the tub with a definite twist motion, setting up the spin. This is a trick, of course, and just for fun. It's
especially noticable in the "North" display (the last one).


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