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Sundials from space
This page shows images of sundials seen from space on satellite images.
Two free programs allow to explore the Earth's surface with an incredible precision:
The obelisk of Concorde, Paris
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Latitude: 48° 51' 57" North
Longitude: 2° 19' 16" East
Note: hour lines are emphasized on the opposite image.
Submitted by Joël Robic.
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The butterfly sundial of Reuilly, Paris, France
Equatorial sundial at the Science museum of La Villette, France
Sundial of Forum des Halles, Paris
Sundial of André Citroën park, Paris
Giant horizontal sundial of Beauregard in Rennes, France
Analemmatic sundial, Montpellier, France
Horizontal sundial in Savena, Bologna, Italy
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Latitude: 44° 28' 29" North
Longitude: 11° 23' 37" East
submitted by J.-M. Ansel and M. Forni
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Equatorial sundial at the University of Science and Technology in Hong-kong
Equatorial sundial of the Adler Planetarium, Chicago, USA
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