Sundial at Rose Creek

Sundial at Rose Creek Ranch

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The dial is mounted on a granite base, 16 inches across. Supporting it is a molded concrete pedestal, taken from a bird bath.
This view is looking back across the front lawn, to the gate.

Sundial 2 Giant size
The dial was carefully levelled, and set with an accurate clock. It keeps time within +/- 2 minutes, year-round.

Sundial 3 Giant size

Sundial 4 Giant size
A close-up of the brass dial, and the poem.
The pointer, or gnomon, is precisely milled so that the angle equals the local latitude.

Sundial 5 Giant size
The equation of time, used to adjust for the varying speed of the earth around the sun.

Sundial 6 Giant size
Looking back through the coral roses at the fountain.

Sundial 7 Giant size
The dial nestles into the roses during the last big bloom of the year, in November.