Hi, everybody, There is a dial with real spiral face in Girona, Spain, though. See: http://photo.xuite.net/nycl.chiu/1477368/129.jpg ChiLian Chiu 2009/5/12 John Carmichael <[email protected]>
> Hi John D: > > > > I feel so dumb for having asked my questrion about the “Eternal Dial”. > Looking closely at the photo, I can see the the crack in the plaster is > repeated in each dial face, so it is obviously photoshopped. It really > fooled me at first since the photo was taken on an overcast day and there > were no shadows being cast. Those would have been a telltail sign. Of > course, the curved hourlines and the gnomons pointing in different > directions make it all too obvious too. > > > > Thanks for answering > > > > John C. > > > > p.s. But it’s still pretty! > > > > > > *From:* JOHN DAVIS [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, May 11, 2009 7:38 AM > *To:* 'Sundial Mailing List'; John Carmichael > *Subject:* Re: The Eternal Sundial > > > > Hi John et al, > > > > I think the 'spiral dial' is probably a clever bit of photoshopping of the > normal vertical dial in the same photostream! > > > > Regards, > > > > John D > > ------------------------------------ > > Dr J Davis > Flowton Dials > > --- On *Mon, 11/5/09, John Carmichael <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: John Carmichael <[email protected]> > Subject: The Eternal Sundial > To: "'Sundial Mailing List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, 11 May, 2009, 3:22 PM > > Hello Dialists, especially the Spaniards: > > > > I came across this intriguing photo of an odd spiral-shaped multiple > vertical dial that the photographer calls “The Eternal Sundial”. He gives > no information about it, but I think it might be located in Spain-possibly > at the Susqueda dam because it is in the photographer’s photostream next to > photos of the dam. > > See: > *http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmontse/3166570780/in/photostream/*<http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmontse/3166570780/in/photostream/> > > > > Also in this photostream is this photo of a more traditional vertical > declining dial with the same decorative border design: > > See: > *http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmontse/3166570782/in/photostream/*<http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmontse/3166570782/in/photostream/> > > > > So I bet both dials are on the same building. > > > > Notice the curved hour lines of the multiple dial. I am not familiar with > this kind of dial. What kind of time do the multiple dials show? And why > do the multiple rod gnomons face in different directions? > > > > It is a beautiful design though and is most fascinating! > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > John L. Carmichael > > Sundial Sculptures > > 925 E. Foothills Dr. > > Tucson AZ 85718-4716 > > USA > > Tel: 520-6961709 > > Email: *[email protected]* <[email protected]> > > > > *Websites:* > > (business) *Sundial Sculptures:* > *http://www.sundialsculptures.com*<http://www.sundialsculptures.com/> > > (educational) *Chinook Trail Sundial: ** > http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/*<http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/COSprings/> > > (educational) *Earth & Sky Equatorial Sundial:* * > http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/*<http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Earth-Sky_Dial/> > > > (educational) *My Painted Wall Sundial:* * > http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial*<http://www.advanceassociates.com/WallDial> > > (educational) *Painted Wall Sundials:* * > http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html*<http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/PWS_Home.html> > > (educational) *Stained Glass Sundials:* * > http://www.stainedglasssundials.com*<http://www.stainedglasssundials.com/> > > (educational) *Sundial Cupolas, Towers & Chimneys:* * > http://StainedGlassSundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html*<http://stainedglasssundials.com/CupolaSundial/index.html> > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > >
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