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Golden Jubilee Sundial, London

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Just across from the Houses of Parliament in the Old Palace Yard is the Golden Jubilee Sundial. This was a gift from Parliament to the Queen to celebrate her Golden Jubilee. It is an analemmatic sundial which means it is horizontal and has a vertical gnomon (the part of the sundial that casts a shadow) – in this case the head of the person standing on the appropriate dateline.

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