Von Neumann's Machine

Magical & thermodynamical, non-classical & stochastical!
nasasapod: A Sundial that Shows Solstice Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Marc Mari Explanation: What time is it? If the time and day are right, this sundial will tell you: SOLSTICE. Only then will the Sun be located just right for sunlight to stream through openings and spell out the term for the longest and shortest days of the year. And that happened last week and twice each year. The sundial was constructed by Jean Salins in 1980 and is situated at the Ecole Supérieure des Mines de Paris in Valbonne Sophia Antipolis of south-eastern France. On two other days of the year, watchers of this sundial might get to see it produce another word: EQUINOXE.

nasasapod:

A Sundial that Shows Solstice
Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Marc Mari

Explanation: What time is it? If the time and day are right, this sundial will tell you: SOLSTICE. Only then will the Sun be located just right for sunlight to stream through openings and spell out the term for the longest and shortest days of the year. And that happened last week and twice each year. The sundial was constructed by Jean Salins in 1980 and is situated at the Ecole Supérieure des Mines de Paris in Valbonne Sophia Antipolis of south-eastern France. On two other days of the year, watchers of this sundial might get to see it produce another word: EQUINOXE.

  1. infiniteweightlessness reblogged this from nasasapod
  2. transparentredsyellowsandblues reblogged this from buddingladtarvis
  3. buddingladtarvis reblogged this from nasasapod
  4. sunnyteapots reblogged this from nasasapod
  5. jvonneumann reblogged this from nasasapod
  6. metalmurmaid reblogged this from nasasapod and added:
    Clever
  7. louque reblogged this from zerostatereflex
  8. zerostatereflex reblogged this from nasasapod
  9. nasasapod posted this