Dear Joseph Pastor,
I am sorry, but I have to pour some water into your wine and give a comment. If I look at the images of these architects dreams in your indicated links Is this the spirit of our time? Cold, empty, the uncomfortable smell of calculations-Maths, sundials reduced to a series of formulas. No spirit, a giant blow-up of NOTHING! A mentally empty space around these constructions with no inspiration of the location! It remains what it is: A ruined ground. How many fading away precious old sundials on churches could be saved for the next 100 years, how many sundials of reasonable human size placed in the villages and towns, on school grounds, how many good sundial books could be supported with the money which is wasted here! They are so proud about these works! This is what makes me even sadder. These strange steel-constructions could stand in any ruined place of the brave new world I feel so sorry and sad and ashamed what is happening in Germany in this field! Best regards! Reinhold Kriegler * ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* Reinhold R. Kriegler Lat. 53° 6' 52,6" Nord; Long. 8° 53' 52,3 Ost; 48 m ü. N.N. www.ta-dip.de <http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=XyCoJHwzzjU> http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=XyCoJHwzzjU -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Josef Pastor Gesendet: Mittwoch, 4. Juni 2008 01:51 An: 'Sonnenuhr (Uni Köln)' Betreff: Dump Horizon Observatory - Construction in progress Dear Dialists, I reported several times to this list on the Horizon Observatory to be planned on top of the Hoheward coal mine dump near Recklinghausen in the Ruhr industry district. Plans are coming true sometimes. The construction work is actually in progress.The inauguration is scheduled for September 2008. Have a look at the construction site here on the local newspaer-homepage: http://www.recklinghaeuser-zeitung.de/cpg/thumbnails.php?album=556 By the way on picture 29 you have a view on the Obelisk SD (animation http://www.geoastro.de/obelisk/), which has been finished last year, from them construction site of the observatory. For more detailed background knowledge consult the Recklinghausen Observatory: http://www.sternwarte-recklinghausen.de/horizontastronomie.html or <http://www.horizontastronomie.de/> http://www.horizontastronomie.de/ (also in English) Best regards Josef Pastor No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1480 - Release Date: 03.06.2008 07:00
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