Sundial Plaza Traditional Geocache
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This is a magnetic Nano cache and only contains the log. Should be easy enough to find. Be careful when replacing the cache as the location has a very small surface area where it is magnetic. Should be attractive both night and day. The cache is a stones throw from the Gnomon. There can be significant muggle traffic depending on your timing. But the cache is situated where you can easily avoid much attention. Your fingers are your friend, so take a load off.
Sundial
The Sundial indicates the time during daylight by the Sun casting a shadow of the Central Mast (Gnomon) on to the hour face located on the floor of the Plaza. By locating the center of the spherical shadow, local sun time can be read. Sun time and Clock time coincide only on 4 days of the year. At other times a Sundial will be either a little ahead or a behind clock time. This is because the Earth orbits the Sun in an elliptical path and also spins on its own axis.
There are three lines on the Sundial Plaza. According to the Gregorian Calendar, the spherical shadow will center on the nearest curved line at the Summer Solstice on 21st June and on the farthest curved line at the Winter Solstice on 21st December. It will cross the middle straight line at the Spring Equinox on 21st March and the Autumn Equinox on the 22nd September.
Nightdial
The Nightdial indicates the time during the night by the Laser projecting a beam from the sphere located at the tip of the mast on the hour face located on the floor of the Plaza. The Laser casts a circle of green light on the outer rim of the Plaza which indicates accurate clock time. The moving light, which is controlled by satellites, advances every 18 seconds from 6 pm and completes one revolution every 12 hours.
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