David, On http://wtvr.com/2012/08/03/nasa-mars-rover-curiosity-will-land-early-monday/ you can read that de 'sundial' is not used to have information "to calculate time of day, date, and seasons" but as an appliance to color balance the photgraphies Curiosity made.
Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 10-aug-2012, om 11:03 heeft [email protected] het volgende geschreven: > Dear Diallists, > I thought you might find this particularly interesting, sent to me by my > USA-based son. > > http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/interactives/learncuriosity/index-2.html > then click on the arrow until you get to the description of the 'Back' > Click on the sundial (near the top/middle) > > Also: > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/260579/mars_rover_curiosity_a_complete_guide_to_tagging_along_online.html > > > > In particular: > https://twitter.com/marscuriosity > https://twitter.com/sarcasticrover (unofficial I'm guessing :) > > David Brown > Somerton, Somerset, UK > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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