Depending on your version of Google Earth, the coordinates might land you about 20 feet southwards of the clam. There is an oval-shaped garden in front of the entrance, with a cluster of palms in one corner. You'll see a big brown splodge on the lawn, right next to a line and some Chinese characters drawn on the road surface. That's the clam.
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Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 6:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Tridacna big enough to see from space
I don't see it.
Here is the one at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History:
http://snailstales.blogspot.com/2005/10/biggest-of-them-all-tridacna-
gigas.html
Aydin Orstan
On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:36:37 +0000, Paul Callomon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Folks,
>
>The talk recently turned to how big Giant Clams get. I know of at least one
that is big enough to be visible from space. It's in front of the entrance
to the Kaisei Hospital in Nishinomiya, Japan, and if you have Google Earth
you can see it at:
>34 43' 33.07" N, 135 19' 42.14" E
>(just copy and paste that line into Google Earth's location-search window).
>This is a true monster that my old friend and mentor Norio Kikuchi had
installed when they built a new hospital reception building in the 1950s.
His personal shell museum is right next door.
>
>The image is not clear enough to determine the species, but as the valves
are a good four feet across, it's Tridacna gigas. Does anyone else know of
clams visible on satellite view?
>
>PC.
>
>
>
>Paul Callomon
>
>Collections Manager in Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General
Invertebrates
>
>Academy of Natural Sciences
>
>1900 Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195, USA
>
>[log in to unmask]
>
>Tel. 215-405-5096
>
>
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