Please do not take any items from any Solar Net geocaches
until you understand the process as laid out in the originating
cache's description.
Solar Net is a geocache network that loosely models the solar
system. It is a medium-size network that has guidelines for hiding
and naming the individual network caches to achieve the system
model. The originating node for all caches in this network is
Solar Net - The Sun - Coppertone's Goldmine. Please visit that
link for more information about the network.
Earth the Planet: Earth, our home, is the third planet
from the Sun. It has a nearly circular orbit. Our terrestrial
planet is the only place known to support life, with 71% of the
surface covered with water, which is essential for life as we know
it. The planet is volcanic, and the surface crust is composed of
tectonic plates, which float independently on the hot mantle below.
Earth is surrounded by an atmosphere composed primarily of nitrogen
and oxygen which, along with the presence of water, a dynamic
volcanic and crust system, and the Sun, results in a dynamic
ecosphere where life is encouraged and imminent. It has one natural
satellite, the Moon. Earth is the only planet whose name is not
derived from mythology. The name Earth has Old English
derivation.
Weirdness – Earth’s rotation is slowing at a rate of
about 2 milliseconds every 100 years. So 900 million years ago,
there were 481 18-hour days in an Earth year.
Earth the Cache: Earth is a small container. It contains
one sub-container (satellite), designated the Moon. Earth (with the
sub-container) should be hidden no closer than 2 miles and no
farther than 3 miles from The Sun cache. The Moon should be taken
and hidden no farther than 1 mile from the Earth cache by a
geocacher who finds Earth.
Background on the name: You don't know where I got the
title of this cache? What, have you been living under a rock?
Douglas Adams wrote a series of science fiction/wild fantasy books
that included the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
basically a (fictional) encyclopedia of the universe. It described
planets, solar systems, wacky aliens... you name it. The complete
Guide entry for Earth (Earth was demolished at the beginning of the
book to make way for an interstellar bypass) consisted of just two
words: Mostly Harmless. Enjoy!
Updated August 2024: The big mean fence was put up so I had to move the cache a little bit closer to the paved path. Cache container is now a clear tube. Please only remove the green cache log, not the white paper. Enjoy!