Sundials at Exposition of time, Sternberk, Czech Republic
Posted by: ToRo61
N 49° 43.769 E 017° 17.841
33U E 665559 N 5511086
Sundials everywhere you look
Waymark Code: WMF6GJ
Location: Olomoucký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/31/2012
Views: 80
The „Exposition of time” (CZ: Expozice casu) covers 10 rooms and is extensively broad and extends from space-time to atomic clock and modern methods of time measurement. This unique exhibition enables its visitors to explore the process of the birth of the universe and time as well as to discover the diversity of calendars and various conceptions of time in different cultures throughout centuries. It also describes the development of ancient clock and the principles of timekeeping.
One room of this exposition is full of various sundials models. You can see here:
- vertical obelisk - the gnomon
- annular equatorial sundial
- horizontal equatorial sundial
- annular sundial
- portable sundial
- horizontal inclining sundial
- etc.
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Visit Instructions:
Only one log per location per person. You should log your own waymarked sundials as well.
GPS in photo optional.