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Projects: EarthDials
EarthDial Newsletter No. 12
13 December 2004
Since the last Newsletter in September, we have a beautiful new ED-22 from
Brazil -- check it out. At a latitude of 20 deg S, this (at last) is our first
ED in the Southern Hemisphere (or, to be more exact, the "normal" part
of the S.H., since the South pole ED certainly qualified during its short
lifetime!). 3 other EDs are looking very close - France, Australia and South
Africa. We're excited about these almost-there cases, because they will mean
that we've had an ED on every continent! Keep working on them, guys.
Ethan Dicks at the South Pole had a working ED-11 for last March and then
the Sun set on him for six months. Unfortunately when he went out to retrieve
the dial in October, all he found was a huge drift of snow! And now he's left
the research station for warmer climes, so that's the short, but sweet saga
of ED-11 - it was great while it lasted.
The current census:
13 = currently active EarthDials
9 = EarthDials retired (with honor) or inactive
8 = countries that have had EarthDials
ED-1 Seattle, Washington, USA (122 W, 48 N) - Bill Nye's "standard"
ED-5 Tegucigalpa, Honduras ( 87 W, 14 N) - no-shadow days on 27 Apr and
14 Aug
ED-6 Costa Mesa, California, USA (117 W, 33 N)
ED-7 Fairfax County, Virginia, USA (77 W, 39 N)
ED-8 Valencia, Spain (0.4 deg W, 39 N)
ED-10 Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia (100 E, 5 N) - no-shadow days on 3
Apr and 8 Sept
ED-14 Panama City, Florida, USA (86 W, 30 N)
ED-15 Sandy, Utah, USA (112 W, 41 N)
ED-16 Newport, Shropshire, England (2 W, 53 N)
ED-17 Seattle, Washington, USA (122 W, 48 N) - Hilda's own ED at the Univ.
of Washington!
ED-19 Middle Georgia Astronomical Society, Macon, Georgia, USA (84 W, 33
N)
ED-21 Barin Beard, Escuela de las Americas, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela (65
W, 10 N) - first one in . South America! no-shadow days on 17 Apr and 27 August
ED-22 Hugo Gattoni, Bele Horizonte, Brazil (44 W, 20 S) - first one in
("normal") Southern . Hemisphere! no-shadow 20 Nov & 20 Jan
Retired or Inactive
ED-2 Columbia, Maryland, USA (76 W, 39 N) - retired
ED-3 Ross, Ohio, USA (85 W, 39 N)
ED-4 Irvine, California, USA (117 W, 33 N) - retired
ED-9 Atco, New Jersey, USA (75 W, 40 N) - retired
ED-11 South Pole (90 S, indeterminate longitude!) - operated in March 04
just before sunset;
now buried in the winter's snow!
ED-12 Bellingham, Washington, USA (123 W, 49 N)
ED-13 Walcote, Leicestershire, England (1 W, 52 N)
ED-18 Lucedale, Mississippi, USA (89 W, 31 N)
ED-20 Dzerbene School, Dzerbene, Latvia (26 E, 57 N) - retired
We're changing Two Worlds!
Cheers, Woody
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