Traveler on the Equator Notes a Forgotten Scale and a Scientific Curiosity

Israeli traveler and content creator Yitzhak Carmeli continued sharing footage from his trip across Africa, describing a stop at the equator as he moved west from the rainy jungles of western Uganda toward the dry savanna in the east. He said his own mistake was forgetting to bring a scale, adding, “How I forgot to bring a scale with me, I do not know.”

Carmeli explained that the group stopped on the line marking the equator, which divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. He said that because Earth spins faster at the equator, centrifugal force reduces weight there, so if he had been weighed at that spot he would have “weighed” less.

He also noted a practical effect he claimed applies to vehicles, saying cars at the equator consume less fuel because they effectively weigh less there. The segment closed with a religious note: since sunrise and sunset times remain almost constant throughout the year near the equator, he said it is easier to determine Jewish calendar times and prayer schedules, which are nearly the same all year.