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		<title>Taipei 101</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the afternoon, the shadow of the Taipei 101 tower falls on a circular area of the adjoining Millennium Park, which acts as the face of a sundial (at the bottom of the image). More here on the symbolism of the Taipei 101 tower. Thanks Nicholas Fraser for the heads-up!]]></description>
		<link>http://licsundial.net/?p=389</link>
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		<title>Georgia Guidestones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Guidestones are a huge stonehenge-like arrangement of granite slabs erected in the early 1980s for mysterious reasons; the persons who commissioned the stones are unknown. Carved into their sides are statements in several languages to be used, presumably, as societal directives in the context of some sort of post-apocalyptic future-a reboot disk for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://licsundial.net/?p=383</link>
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		<title>Corpus Clock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Corpus Clock was invented and designed by Dr John Taylor who brought together in its creation an exception team of craftsmen, engineers and skilled technicians. The clock&#8217;s face is a rippling gold disc, about 5 feet diameter, and displays the time by opening individual slits in the clock face backlit with blue LEDs instead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://licsundial.net/?p=380</link>
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		<title>UVA&#8217;s interesting stairwell &#8211; thanks, Ru</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new addition to the UVA school of architecture: a slot window in a stairwell that is shaped to catch the sun as it passes through the seasons. Â The angles of the window are tuned to the solstices. Thanks &#8220;William&#8221; Russell for the photo.]]></description>
		<link>http://licsundial.net/?p=321</link>
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		<title>Mark L. Faverman &#8211; sundials from existing buildings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This abstract is from &#8216;The Sundial Theme in My Environmental Art,&#8221; Mark L. Faverman, Leonardo, Vol. 10, No.3 (Summer, 1977), pp. 177-181 &#8220;The author points out that in &#8216;environmental art&#8217; (also called &#8216;public art&#8217;) artists must take into account not only their individual artistic desires but also the reactions of the general public. He finds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://licsundial.net/?p=313</link>
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		<title>Marathon 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York Marathon at mile 15 around 11am &#8211; Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil, who later won, is at right in yellow. Runners just came from gnomon along Crescent Street, which will be the path of the shadow later in the day at 2pm.]]></description>
		<link>http://licsundial.net/?p=301</link>
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		<title>Longitude Dial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The former curator of Harvard University&#8217;s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, William Andrewes, hasÂ  become a &#8220;dialist,&#8221; or maker of sundials. His idea is to base the dial on an unusual type of map, and to center the map on the very spot where the dial will stand. The map&#8217;s meridians of longitude serve as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://licsundial.net/?p=294</link>
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		<title>One-Day Poem Pavilion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A project by Jiyeon Song Using a complex array of perforations, the One Day Poem Pavilion&#8216;s surface allows light to pass through creating shifting patterns, whichâ€“during specific times of the yearâ€“transform into the legible text of a poem. The specific arrangements of the perforations reveal different shadow-poems according to the solar calendar.]]></description>
		<link>http://licsundial.net/?p=291</link>
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		<title>Stone arrangements related to aboriginal astronomy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stone arrangements in Victoria, Australia, such as a detail of the Wurdi Youang above (photo by Clive Ruggles) are possibly related to the extensive system of Australian Aboriginal astronomy. More info: Astronomy of the Boorong paper, and the book Dark Sparklers.]]></description>
		<link>http://licsundial.net/?p=270</link>
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		<title>Democracity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Central tower as (proposed) gigantic sundial: In the New York World&#8217;s Fair of 1939, a hugely popular exhibit was Democracity: a gigantic diorama of a utopian society set in 2039. From twin rotating balconies, the visitors looked down on what was supposed to be &#8220;a perfectly integrated garden city of tomorrow&#8221; and surrounding countryside as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://licsundial.net/?p=268</link>
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