You know, since their invention 2,000 years ago,

compasses have been helping lost souls find their way home.

And that's because when you have a compass in your hand,

you have direction for your life.

Say it with me. When you have a compass in your hand,

you have direction for your life.

And at the center of every compass is a rose. At least that's what we call the star with the four

cardinal directions north south east west because when you're looking at a compass from above, it looks a bit like a ripe

rose that's blossomed all the way, that's opened up all the way. These four cardinal directions,

the compass, that's what they call the compass rose.

The largest compass rose that's ever been built

is in California.

It's nearly a mile across.

If you can believe it, the diameter of the compass rows

at Edwards Air Force base is 4,000 feet across.

You have to go up to a considerable height to be able to even see this

thing. I mean here's a picture of it from above. By the way it's one of the top

things that I would recommend you get to on Google Earth after you've looked at the

Sphinx and the Eiffel Tower and the Louve.

Check out the compass rows at Edwards Air Force Base.

Of course, being restricted Air Force Air Space, this is one of the only ways you can look

at it is from Google Earth,

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