Sunday, July 15, 2012

SUNDIALS AT THE GARDEN

SUNDIALS AT THE GARDEN

While camping in Western MA we went to Berkshire Botanical Garden where they had a wonderful special feature on sundials.  Through the gardens there are sundials made of stone, bronze, iron, and other materials.  
Fig 1
DSC_0032_01 by kurt zeppetello 
                  Fig 2
(DSC_0032_01, a photo by kurt zeppetello on Flickr.)

The spherical sundial in Fig 1 shows the time at 2 o'clock while the time on the permanently displayed sundial in Fig 2 indicates the time as 1 o'clock even-though they were taken almost at the same time.  Since this event is scheduled from June 23 - October 15, only the 'temporary' sundials are set to Daylight Savings Time.  The others are set to Eastern Standard Time.


My favorites are:
 

All of the sundials can be viewed on the following link: Berkshire Sundials 

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