Gale Crater lies just south of the equator, near the Martian equivalent of northern Australia.
The company churns out enough Bubble Wrap every year to wrap the equator ten times.
Situated almost directly on the equator, the mountain endures scorching days and freezing nights.
What if we repealed the import duties, inviting ethanol in from sugarcane-growing nations near the equator?
It's the longest stretch of inactivity since Curiosity's daring touchdown near the Martian equator last year.
At last he came to the city of Quito, high up on the equator.
For a mission, the pair move south to the equator at 154 degrees West Longitude.
Furthermore, O3b's service will be available only in a ribbon around the equator, covering most developing countries.
In the case of Iapetus it is a ridge around the moon's equator, clearly visible in the photograph.
The finance industry has adopted the Equator Principles, a benchmark for managing social and environmental issues in project financing.
On Earth, this restricts them to between 30 degrees latitude from the equator.
While it is winter in the southern hemisphere, Brazil is sandwiched between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Equator.
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Sugarcane doesn't need as much fertilizer, and Brazil is close to the equator, so it soaks up more sunlight.
For a mission, the rig and control vessel are moved south to the equator at 154 degrees West Longitude.
There are many suspected risk factors, and the disease is known to be more common away from the equator.
At the equator, it takes about 25 days for the surface of the Sun to rotate on its axis.
It can start offering this service with just five satellites (it will eventually have 16) circling 8, 000km above the equator.
Ugandan meteorologist Khalid Muwembe says the lake, which lies on the Equator, has a distinct effect on the region's weather.
Compliment the coffee itself (from San Rafael's excellent Equator) and two bags of beans will be waiting for you back home.
This in turn allowed them to calculate that penitentes are probably restricted to between 15 and 20 degrees latitude from the equator.
McCARTHY: A long-held theory among wine aficionados is that growing quality grapes closer to the equator than 30 degrees latitude is impossible.
Brazil's traditional wine-growing region, farther from the equator, has just one harvest.
It has an equator and is reminiscent of the Greek letter theta.
Winston Churchill once dismissed India as a mere geographical expression, a place that was no more a nation than was the equator.
The iceberg drifted to the equator and melted and the Titanic sank.
There is no warm or cold seasons because of Ecuador's location at the equator, so make sure to be well-equipped for the cold.
In a land a bit closer to the equator, it seems as if officials have their heads in a far more sensible place.
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This commitment is very high in no small part because it will be required by the international investors in terms of the Equator Principles.
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Normally, the coast of Peru is washed by the Humboldt current, which carries cool waters from Antarctica almost as far north as the equator.
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