A compass on a porch in Mendocino.

Compass Point, Bude

Compass Bus' Dennis Dart SLF 4/Alexander Enviro 200 GX62 CMU, which carries the company's corporate livery, is pictured here on Castle Square, Brighton, whilst working service 37Bto Bristol Estate. 02/08/16

A compass used by the sailors on the East Indiaman Götheborg.

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No matter where you stand on Earth, you can hold a compass in your hand and it will point toward the North Pole. What an unbelievably neat and amazing thing! Imagine that you are in the middle of the ocean, and you are looking all around you in every direction and all you can see is water, and it is overcast so you cannot see the sun.

How in the world would you know which way to go unless you had a compass to tell you which way is "up"? Long before GPS satellites and other high-tech navigational aids, the compass gave humans an easy and inexpensive way to orient themselves.

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Love the detail in the compass...makes me want to create a whole room full of scientific victorian items...

Worthing October 2019

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think. This tattoo was designed and inked by Jonathan Kellogg of Crucial Tattoo in Salisbury MD

This compass lives above the back door at Monticello -- it's connected to the weather vane on the roof so Jefferson could see which direction the wind was blowing from the doorway.

Monticello, VA

عــــن جـــــنوبـه والــــولــه والــــــشرق يــــغـنيـني شـــــــمالــه

Compass Light

Fabian successfully navigates Clissold Park

gyro repeater by night

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Volvo B12M Plaxton Panther on Megabus M12 service

Galapagos Islands

The compass attached to the deck.

Compass: This seems like a nice place to soak in some rays

Natural Tunnel, VA

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day fourteen of the December photo challenge: movement. I don't know why stuffed buns needed a compass, but it was there, and I photographed it.

Cumberland Gate

Thanks for all the views, please check out my other photos and albums.

37670 and 37401 climb away from Tyndrum Lower with a Compass Railtours' excursion from Workington to Oban

Some much-needed nice weather and a nice subject to shoot out west. Three shots stitched together & some processing. Hope you like it, feedback welcome.

something I painted at my daughter's school.

macro shot using a pentacon 80-300mm manual lens on a bellows unit.

A jellyfish washed up on the beach near the village of Nes.

I wanted to recess the compass a bit so it wouldn't hit everything. Now only half of the compass is above the deck and I'll glue a piece of carbon sheet on top of it to protect it a bit more.

I know this will collect water but I hope it wont be too bad. I had thought of trying it out first but then I forgot as I was building and suddenly it was glued to the deck. I'm very pleased with the shape of the recess.

Goop added and so is pressure. I had to add a few more things to prevent it from sliding forwards since it sits on an angle. The pressure is downwards and then it moves slowly towards the front. Even when I pulled the string backwards.

I checked the level of the pressure bar (the piece of wood) and compared it with the jig. They were the same so I hope it's level. The compass have a lot of room to move around in the housing but I'll be annoyed if I can see that it's not strait.

Having cocked up an earlier day time shot of it, here's a better-but-still-not-great-shot of Compass Bus GX62 CJO heading for Dunsfold with the 42.

I haven't seen one of the short, new-style Enviros on the route before.

Friary bus station, Guildford, Surrey.

I had to really rack my brain for this weeks challenge, but found an old army compass that fit the bill. It has a US stamp on the cover. So no one navigates by a compass anymore, if your lost just use your phone...

Happy Macromonday!!!