Jesus on the 45th Parallel

     The 45th parallel is the line of latitude that marks the half way point between the equator and the north pole. There are many places in the United States and around the world that intersect with this 45th parallel, however this point in located in Perry Maine. One may be surprised how areas can be linked to one another. A few weeks ago one of my friends wondered in Maine winters are worse than Wisconsin winters because it is so much farther "North". This notion of "North" is just not true as the 45th parallel also runs through Wisconsin. That is not to say that both Maine and Wisconsin still have horrible aspects about each of their respective Winters. While taking Oceanography in college we learned that is not the notion of how far North or South an area may be. It is a mix of not on ocean currents, but also wind gyres that determine an areas climate.

     In the United States the 45th parallel goes through Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. This line also connects us to Canada, Japan, Ukraine, China, Mongolia, Italy, France, Uzbekistan, Serbia, and Croatia to name a few.  If you wish to further get your geek on, here is a map of interesting coordinates found on the 45th parallel that I found on Wikipedia: http://maps.google.com/maps?.q=http://toolserver.org/~para/cgi-bin/kmlexport%3Farticle%3D45th_parallel_north%26usecache%3D1