Within Pellucidar, explorers discover that time ceases to be a factor because there are no means for measuring or recording it, and the sun remains stationary at noon, creating perpetual daylight. The Mahars, the dominant race, only use a single tense, the present, in their literary works, suggesting they have no concept of past or future.

Regarding direction, there is no north, south, east, or west<sup class='text_citation' source_id='1' start_phrase='I cannot tell you in what direction it stretched even if you would care to know, for all the while that I was within Pellucidar I never discovered any but local methods of indicating direction—there is no north, no south, no east, no west.' end_phrase='no south, no east, no west.'>. 'Up' is the only well-defined direction, which corresponds to 'down' for those on the outer crust<sup class='text_citation' source_id='1' start_phrase='Up is about the only direction which is well defined, and that, of course, is down to you of the outer crust.' end_phrase='down to you of the outer crust.'>. Pellucidarians possess a homing instinct, allowing them to find their way home from any part of the world, even if blindfolded<sup class='text_citation' source_id='1' start_phrase='Ghak didn’t know what Perry meant by heavenly bodies or a compass, but he assured us that you might blindfold any man of Pellucidar and carry him to the farthermost corner of the world, yet he would be able to come directly to his own home again by the shortest route.' end_phrase='earthly pigeons.'>.

What unique aspects of time and direction do explorers discover within Pellucidar?

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