Hi Tony: How did you draw the neat distorted EOT graph on the Norwegian Dial? I like how it follows the curve of the dial. That a nice space saver. Did you start with a normal EOT graph then stretch it in A. Illustrator?
John ----- Original Message ----- From: Fer J. de Vries To: Louise Rigozzi ; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 2:27 PM Subject: Re: News from the new dial at 78 degrees North! To all who concerns, Congratulations with the beautiful sundial in the North of Norway. How nice is the international cooperation from people all over the world to make a sundial fot the community in this part of the world. I enjoyed reading the story about it. Best wishes, Fer J. de Vries De Zonnewijzerkring mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl Home mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/index-fer.htm Eindhoven, Netherlands lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E ----- Original Message ----- From: Louise Rigozzi To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 8:19 PM Subject: News from the new dial at 78 degrees North! Hi everyone, Thanks to Anne for letting you know about the new sundial in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. It appears to be the world's most northerly at present. It was designed by myself and made in collaboration with Tony Moss of Lindisfarne Sundials. It was inaugurated on 6 March - while the ceremony was going on, two polar bears were making their way towards the shoreline - they obviously thought it started at 2.30 instead of 2'o'clock! They then had to be scared away with explosions. It was certainly an exciting moment when the sun arrived the following day, one day earlier than scheduled (due to the leap year), and reached the dial's face for the first time. Tony was up here and had roughly 20 minutes to make the final alignment. Please accept my apologies for the site being a bit slow to download - it is my first attempt at a website, and I have put photos in the wrong folders. I will be working on this this weekend, so it should become quicker after that. I also want to add more text and more photos. Please feel free to sign the guestbook, and correct any errors in the text (a private entry might be best for this!). Thanks - if you feel just a little of the excitement I have felt at watching the dial working over these last 10 days, then you'll be feeling pretty good! Yesterday the sun reached the dial for five hours, just 10 days after its first appearance - is this a totally amazing place or what? It has been suggested that I set up a tent next the dial by people who have been watching my obsessive behaviour. I would, of course, it it wasn't for the minus 36 degree windchill today. Hope you enjoy the site and don't die from boredom while it downloads, Louise Rigozzi (www.longyearbyen.net/sun) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stay in touch better and keep protected online with MSN's NEW all-in-one Premium Services. Find out more here. - -
