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| + | On this occasion, the geohash landed about 430 metres from the future site of the Glowing Cube. | ||
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Revision as of 13:10, 13 July 2008
The Glowing Cube is a piece of art in Civic, the civic centre of Canberra, Australia. It is conveniently located where cars may wait to pick up geohashers.
During daylight hours, the cube does not generally glow. At night, it glows in several colours.
Historical Notes
| Wed 20 Jun 1951 in -35,149: -35.2832513, 149.1364575 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
The closest a geohash has landed to the Glowing Cube itself was in June 1951. This date is interesting in that it was before the construction of the Glowing Cube, and is also early enough to break the meetup graticule template.
On this occasion, the geohash landed about 430 metres from the future site of the Glowing Cube.
Pictures
- The Glowing Cube
The cube glows at night.
Geohashers meet here in the daylight.
