Outdoor Human Sundial - Palo Alto, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 26.263 W 122° 09.596
10S E 574316 N 4143763
An outdoor sundial in Palo Alto.
Waymark Code: WMF629
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2012
Views: 4
This sundial is at a corner of the Town and Country Village shopping center. You are part of the sundial and act as the needle.
Scientific Principle(s) being demonstrated:
Sundial and the sun.
Briefly explain if the experiment was effective for you. Could it have been better?:
You stand on the month that you're in and the sunlight is used to shadow the time. When I did it, the time was one hour earlier than it really was.
When is the apparatus/experiment available to the public:
Whenever sunlight is available.
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