Year 2012

Sundial of the month May

Summer and winter solstice

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Not a sundial like the ones usually shown here, but a solstice monument.

On a vast plain, four large tubes are aligned with sunrise and sunset on the solstices.
The snow in the photograph is a clue that it was taken on or around a winter solstice.

During daytime, holes drilled in the sides of the pipes project maps of constellations on the interior.

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Satellite foto

Fer de Vries

Source: internet
Artist: Nancy Holt
Year: 1976
Link
Location: Great Basin Desert, Utah, USA

English translation: RH