My wife found something on Facebook that claimed that at exactly 5:58pm this evening it would be possible to stand an egg on its end. Something about the Spring Equinox and the sun being exactly over the Equater. She tried it. She got two eggs to stand on end on first try ! - one at room temp and the other straight out of the fridge. It wouldn't work a few minutes later.
I have no idea how or why this works, but I swear there is no trick photography, hidden spikes, wires, glue or photoshopping involved. They are just standing there on their own. They were still standing an hour and a half later.
I had never heard of this before. Anybody have a scientific explanation for this?
Well, I got no good info for ya, but you did a pretty bang up job on the photo documentation.
Edit: the shapes, lights, colors and composition in no. 2 make it wall worthy.
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BassmanBruce wrote:
Well, I got no good info for ya, but you did a pretty bang up job on the photo documentation.
Edit: the shapes, lights, colors and composition in no. 2 make it wall worthy.
reEdit: Uba tuba granite countertops?
Hello, Mr. Photographer!
ps: no clue regarding your question
BassmanBruce wrote:
Well, I got no good info for ya, but you did a pretty bang up job on the photo documentation.
Edit: the shapes, lights, colors and composition in no. 2 make it wall worthy.
reEdit: Uba tuba granite countertops?
Thanks Bruce. All pics SOOiP (straight out of iPhone)
Granite is Caledonia I believe.
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
It’s a matter of having the right egg and the right touch, but an egg can be balanced on end on any day of the year.
Nice shots. I'll take mine over easy. : )
Julian wrote:
The “Equater” did it!
Are you sure it wasn't the "egg waiter" or "egg weighter"?
Heard of it, even tried it early one morning, the time then was about 6 AM, public park, lot of broken eggs some did work though, not mine, I did ask the question, "Why bother" never did get a satisfying answer.
repleo wrote:
My wife found something on Facebook that claimed that at exactly 5:58pm this evening it would be possible to stand an egg on its end. Something about the Spring Equinox and the sun being exactly over the Equater. She tried it. She got two eggs to stand on end on first try ! - one at room temp and the other straight out of the fridge. It wouldn't work a few minutes later.
I have no idea how or why this works, but I swear there is no trick photography, hidden spikes, wires, glue or photoshopping involved. They are just standing there on their own. They were still standing an hour and a half later.
I had never heard of this before. Anybody have a scientific explanation for this?
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Fabulous images!!
Here's some "Truth" about the subject:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/egg-balancing-on-the-equinox/Mark
LWW wrote:
It’s a matter of having the right egg and the right touch, but an egg can be balanced on end on any day of the year.
That’s true...but somehow this Equinox thing gets a lot of press.
LWW wrote:
It’s a matter of having the right egg and the right touch, but an egg can be balanced on end on any day of the year.
I just saw this in the Sunday parade Magazine.
Ask Marilyn, I believe is the column.
She also said, with patience, you should be able to do this anywhere on any day of the year.
For those who say this can be done anytime, maybe you could post a pic showing your non-equinox balancing egg.
I don't buy the theory that it is the shape of the egg that counts. My wife spent a good half hour trying to stand the same eggs afterwards without success.
WHO KNEW....that Eggs can communicate with the Moon......WOW . I wonder what will occur when I scramble them........?
Blair Shaw Jr wrote:
WHO KNEW....that Eggs can communicate with the Moon......WOW . I wonder what will occur when I scramble them........?
Nobody knows, because the communication is scrambled!!
Mark
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