Sundial at Reykjavik, © 2003 Dale M. Greer, All rights reserved. Click on image to see QuickTime movie of sundial, 325KB

Here is a sundial for Reykjavik, Iceland. It's tilted 64.13 degrees, the latitude of Reykjavik. The time shown is 12:15, as you can see if you count the vanes from the right, starting at 6:00am. There are light stripes every 5 minutes, and darker ones for 15 and 45 minutes, darker still for 0, 30, and 60 minutes past the hour. In this model, the dial is about 106 feet (32 m) tall. Click on the image to see a movie of the sundial from 08:00 to 13:00 hours, 325KB.

 

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© 2003 Dale M. Greer, All rights reserved