World's Largest Unmounted Globe

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As is WORLD'S LARGEST UNMOUNTED GLOBE rests in the fountain pool of Explorers Hall, National Geo- graphic Society headquarters, Washington, D. C. Like earth, it rotates on its tilted axis. Eleven feet from pole tople, the 1,100-pound orb is an exact enlargement of the Society's 12-inch globe. Ektachrome by Emory Kristof © National Geographic Society