Hi All, Thanks to Jean-Paul CORNEC for sending the URL to the photo of the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michele. I hope everyone hit the little "back" arrow below the photo because it leads to a very good index page about this fascinating dialing "event" - with many more photos.
Here is a direct link to the index page: http://maget.maget.free.fr/SiteMont/index.html Bob Terwilliger Jean-Paul CORNEC wrote: > > John > > In 1988 the Mont-Saint-Michel was used as a (very) short-lived gnomon. It was > designed and set up to work only a few days around fall equinox. So it had > only the equinox line marked with huge digits. And it was flood twice a day > by the tide ! > The spire of the church at the summit was 150 m high. > > You can find a photo at the following site : > > http://maget.maget.free.fr/SiteMont/Fotoindex1.html > > with many other interesting informations > > Best regards > > Jean-Paul Cornec > Lannion > France > >
