March 2026 Equinox : Capturing the Moment
The March 2026 Equinox was met with tremendous anticipation at the home of the…
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March Equinox 2026: Using the Fine Tune Dial
The March, 2026, Equinox was met with tremendous anticipation. Occurring at 7:45:02 AM, PDT,…
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Longitude: Drawing the Line
To create an accurate sundial, latitude and longitude must be known. Using only household…
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Sundial Calculations
The precise construction of the Woodland Polar Dial is made possible by comprehension of…
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How to Read the Dial
Like a clock that strikes only on the hour, the dial is designed to…
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Time-lapse Videos of the Sundial Winter Solstice, December 21, 2023, by Mark Jones, Jones…
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As described in The Ancients post, we left our Babylonian looking out at the…
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The Sumerians and Babylonians were keen observers, and many features of the dial would…
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Analemma
Most sundials mark solar time. The Woodland Polar Sundial shows standard time, on the…
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Polar sundials are seldom made. Of the 6,996 dials in the British Sundial Society…
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Woodland Polar Sundial 