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The old Greenwich Observatory at 0 Longitude Place: London, United Kingdom Tags: greenwich, observatory |
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This is one of my favorite places in London and was one my wife and my first dates. Greenwich park is beautiful and it's also the home of the Greenwich observatory which is what defines 0 degrees longitude.
The observatory still has old telescopes pointing toward the heavens and there is a laser that shines directly along zero degrees longitude. There is also an atomic clock that defines Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Be sure to visit the Maritime museum just north of here.
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