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View from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Royal Park
Top left the Tower at Canary Wharf Top right the Millennium Dome Bottom left the National Maritime Museum

 

This is the Royal Observatory.The vertical red line on the building behind the man in the rain coat is the actual Meridian Line.It is marked across the court yard floor where the person with their back to you is standing with one foot placed East & West of the line.

In front left people are looking out toward the Dome through the telescope set along line of site of the Meridian Line.

 

In through the glass door is a white block with a slot in it marking the MeridianLine.Above on the wall is an electronic clock counting down the hours.

 

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