“This tragic incident is another glaring, unfortunate example of the deep issues of violence in Baltimore, in Maryland and this country and particularly gun violence and the access to illegal guns.” “This was a reckless, cowardly act of violence that has taken two lives and altered many, many more,” the mayor said. And it’s a reminder of the deadly consequences of firearms getting into the wrong hands, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in the Sunday afternoon news conference. The violence marks yet another instance during which a celebration turned into a tragedy, with lives lost and others permanently altered. We don’t know if they were targeted or if (the shooters) were just shooting indiscriminately down the street,” Worley said. “All we know right now is that we had multiple (shooters) open fire on a large crowd of people who were out during the block party. Authorities have not shared information about a potential motive. There were “at least two” people who opened fire during the shooting, but authorities are investigating there may have been more, Worley said. Investigators continue to scour the large crime scene – which spans multiple blocks – and officials urged anyone with information or who may have captured video footage, including from security cameras, to come forward. KWCHġ person in custody after 7 shot in Wichita, Kansas, nightclub shooting, police say On the other hand, the Chinese Communists changed the country to one time zone when they took over after World War II.Seven people were shot and two were trampled late Saturday night in Wichita, Kansas. Larger countries that span thousands of km, for example Russia or the United States, have several time zones. In practice, however, time zones do not go through the middle of countries. Theoretically, every 15° east or west of Greenwich means one hour more or less. The starting point for these time zones is the prime meridian in Greenwich, also called Greenwich Mean Time. While navigators in the Middle Ages and during the Age of Exploration used sextants and the stars to determine their location, we use satellites and GPS to pinpoint our exact location anywhere on earth.īecause the earth rotates around its axis once a day, it is divided into 24 different time zones. New York, for example, lies at 41° North and 74° West. It is largest at the equator (69 miles) and shortest at the poles (0 miles) where the lines come together there.Ĭoordinates are numbers that locate a certain point on this system. The distance between each degree of longitude varies. Travellers who travel westwards across the dateline change to the following day. This is also the International Date Line. The 180th meridian is exactly on the opposite side of the globe, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Locations west of this line have a longitude of up to 179° west those to the east have a longitude of up to 179° east. This prime meridian was chosen at a time when England was dominant in making maps and navigating. The starting point for this system (0°) is the British Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England. Longitude or meridians are lines that run from north to south across the globe.
Tropic of Cancer (23 ½ ° north of the equator) – the sun appears directly overhead in June.This is the reason for special lines of latitude: On its way around the sun, the Earth tilts its axis towards and away from it. Each degree has the same distance, roughly 69 miles (111 km). The equator divides the earth into a northern and southern hemisphere.
While the equator is the longest of these lines, they become shorter the farther you move to the poles, which have a latitude of 90°. Any point along the equator has a latitude of 0°. Latitude describes east-west lines that circle the Earth parallel to the equator. Each degree is divided into 60 minutes and each minute has 60 seconds. These lines are located on maps and measured in degrees. They are used to exactly pinpoint where a person or object is located. Longitude and latitude are imaginary lines that circle the Earth.
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