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                     I'm puzzling over all these globes …

In addition to the Mova Globe [1], Bunny also thought I would enjoy this
globe:

[As if regular jigsaw puzzles were hard enough.] [2]


A three dimensional 540 piece jigsaw puzzle of the Earth—an actual nine inch
globe. Of course, that's the finished piece. This is what I was faced with
when I started:

[A pile of pieces.] [3]


It certainly didn't hurt that each piece was numbered on the back.

[To make sure you have every piece] [4]
[It's a numbers game ...] [5]


It was quite fun, and it felt a bit like making the Death Star, in an odd
way.

[I started with a bottom-up approach ... ] [6]
[The land was easy to put together, but the Earth is 75% water ... ] [7]
[So I decided to change to a top-down approach to things.] [8]
[The Earth is hollow! Hollow I say!] [9]
[But I managed to puzzle this out.] [10]


[1] https://www.movaglobes.com/
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2012/08/10/./8.jpg
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2012/08/10/./1.jpg
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2012/08/10/./2.jpg
[5] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2012/08/10/./3.jpg
[6] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2012/08/10/./5.jpg
[7] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2012/08/10/./4.jpg
[8] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2012/08/10/./6.jpg
[9] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2012/08/10/./7.jpg
[10] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2012/08/10/./9.jpg

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