Picture of the sun taken at the same time of a day during one year...

[Swede]

http://baszottbanda.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-should-say-it-is-most-complicated.html

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. Very Cool! Looks like the sign for infinity.

[Adsos Letter]

2. COOL!

And I swear I can hear "O Fortuna" blazing in the background...were there any icecream trucks around when these were taken? :D

[Swede]

5. Cool reference.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Analemma

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma

[BrklynLiberal]

10. Thanks. I was looking at the pic and wishing there were dates attached to each location.

[NYC_SKP]

11. I collect maps and globes, used to make globes...

So I'm familiar with the analemma...



The globes I used to make:



:hi:

[BrklynLiberal]

21. Wow! Really works of art!!

[NYC_SKP]

22. Thanks! That's an engraved tournament size cue ball.

I was inspired by scrimshaw globes (on antique ivory cue balls) I'd seen in Hawaii.

Like this:

[BrklynLiberal]

25. It is even more impressive knnowing that. That is a very small "canvas" to work with.

What did you use to do the engraving?

[NYC_SKP]

26. Very very sharp carbide scriber...

I tried diamond tips but the angle wasn't acute enough.

I finally used carbide, sharpened on diamond wheels, inspected under a microscope to check for uniformity.

Eventually I build a machine but a few were done by hand.

Hundreds of rivers and thousands of islands are included, their locations are precisely correct.

It was fun.

[BrklynLiberal]

28. All I can is WOW!!!!

[cowcommander]

4. Beautiful!

[LynzM]

6. So neat!

Thanks for sharing :)

[gateley]

7. Wow. nt

[HughMoran]

8. Very cool

I printed it for everyone here.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. That is really neat.

[Cronus Protagonist]

12. So why are there not 365 shots?

I'm curious.

[left coaster]

13. From the accompanying text..

"The pictures were taken exactly at 5:45 UT (Universal time) of every tenth day."

[left coaster]

14. Simply stunning.

Thank you so much for posting this!

[NBachers]

15. Music of the Spheres

[The Doctor.]

16. Hyperion.

[ashling]

17. GAH! Another add for Zales

or did he go to Jared?

[byronius]

18. Man, that's cool.

[YankeyMCC]

19. Nice example of how

understanding and exploring (viewing this as an experiment/demo of the motion of the earth relative to the sun) does not remove wonder and beauty of the universe, in fact enhances it.

thanks for posting.

[Odin2005]

20. Awesome pic!

[sojourner]

23. how beautiful that is. thanks so much for sharing it.

[Chemisse]

24. That is awesome! - nt

[mia]

27. Thank you, Swede.

Love it and will pass this on to my students.