h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There's a very nice picture of a sundial on www.bing.com today. It'll only be on the front page today, but you can step back to see previous pictures for up to a week using the little arrow in the bottom right.

It must be different for me, I see the Olypmic stadium!

I did enjoy going back a week though, that mega moon!

Interesting. I don't get the Olympic Stadium or the Mega-Moon. But a great selection of pictures, certainly.

The sundial is beside Tower Bridge. It is a ring of metal which appears to be hanging in mid air, with chains hanging from it to the ground. The chains must be solid and support the ring. There is a very thin needle (the gnomon) through the centre of the ring.

I can see your pictures, GB, if I put http://www.bing.com/?cc=gb

Imagine Bing going to the trouble of having a special Galaxy Babe tag!

Try this:

http://www.bing.com/?cc=ie

I like them both


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That gnomon is spectacular! (and the sundial) great colours

I see the sundial at http://www.bing.com/ all right. Seems to have all 24 hours, despite most of them being unlikely to show a shadow. Have they made it possible to space the hours evenly by putting the ring at the critical tilt?

Hmmm, I get the stadium, too, although this isn't GB...

Stadium, cranes, and something that looks like a helter-skelter with a bad hair day.

I'm seeing that boss sundial.

I've got it now, using the .ie link. Does anyone know if this is a permanent fixture?

Sorry for taking so long to work it out. You're right, R. ThE spacing is even because the bit the shadow falls on is tilted