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How ’bout that 40th parallel?

by Special to the Herald Times on April 6, 2019

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Panoramic photos of the 40th parallel in Rangely (top) at coordinates N 40° 00’ 00” by W 109° 00’ 00” and Meeker (bottom) at coordinates N 40° 00’ 00” by W 108° 00’ 00”. Bruce Myren Photos (used with permission)

RBC | Ask a surveyor about the 40th parallel and the answer might be a shrug and then: “It’s just line on a map.” Press further and you might get: It’s a circle of latitude…