Tom Kreyche wrote: >...I noticed what appears to be a simple >armillary sphere in the Wicked Witch of the West's castle...
Yes indeed! I, too, noticed the armillary for the first time in that same airing of the movie. Every time I see that wonderful movie, I notice more little things. Have you heard of the amazing synchronicity that supposedly occurs when playing Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" while watching the Wizard of Oz? Ever since I started making armillary spheres a couple of years ago, I have noticed them in many background scenes in television, movies, and magazines. I think that they were always there, just as in the Wizard, and only now do I notice. I might add that the armillary has much to recommend it as a teaching device and that mine has greatly helped to crystallize my under- standing of the yearly cycles of the sun (Earth). Dave Gagnon
