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Is Earth right side up, or upside down ?

I'm thinking of a Diana Ross song.
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Why do we view the earth as View attachment 1513806 ? Why don't we view the earth as View attachment 1513807 ? Who says the arctic has to be at the top, while the antarctic is at the bottom ? We sometimes refer to those in the southern hemisphere as "down-under", but why aren't we in the northern hemisphere the ones down-under ? If aliens approached our planet from space, would they cruise in viewing the earth as in image #1 ? Or, would we tell them, "Hey, you're coming in upside-down ! " And while we're at it, why are heads always at the top of the body ? Maybe those aliens would have heads right above their legs, and their stomach, heart, and all the other guts would be at the top of their body.


For that matter, why not sideways?
 
Now, that's more like it. While we're at it, people are sometimes referred to as Northerners, or Southerners. That sounds offensive. "North, south, east, west" ... replace those terms with more politically correct terms: "this way, that way, over here, and over there".
 
According to all cartoon documentaries ive seen the north pole is clearly marked with a striped pole and sign indicating the location very clearly, sometimes surrounded by penguins, everyone knows penguins are only found at the north pole.
This should lay to rest any questions in this matter.

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