Los Angeles Times Lobby Physics

This is a picture that I took in the lobby of the Los Angeles Times, where the huge centerpiece of the art deco design is the huge globe in the middle of the room. This miniature earth demonstrates several things about physics. Both objects are pulling against each other. The actual earth is pulling the globe down, and that accoutns for the gravity holding the earth down. However, the design globe is pulling the earth up as well. However, the force of the globe pulling up on the earth is so little, that we don't see anything dramatic happening. In fact almost nothing happens at all.