Chris, I would think that you might consider using a colored graphic over the face of the sundial (under the sundial lines) which would indicated the daily energy from the sun at that hour just using color. You might also do it with a three D graphic but that would be more difficult.
Art Krenzel 45.828 N, 122.56W "Chris Lusby Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Welcome to summer; sundial display of seasons > To: "Hein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Ricardo Cernic'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'lesliel'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: 'sundial' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > "Hein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the thought that: > >> I like the longer daylight too. So I look up for the 30 of march, when >> daylight saving time (summertime) is beginning. >> Hein van Winkel >> 52 08 56 N 4 45 53E > > ..which reopens another can of worms, which I don't propose to deal with. > > But my daughter, just back from Singapore, was delighted to see snow this > morning. She hadn't seen it for years. So much for my claim that it is now > summer! > > I have been asked by the Meteorological Office to advise on a sundial > design, to go on their educational Web site, suitable for children to > make. > I've been trying to think how to show children about seasons through the > sun's movement. Clearly, a sundial can show you how the sun's altitude and > the length of day vary. Also, the amount of energy received from the sun > instantaneously/daily. Does anyone have any thoughts on how best to do > this, > or indeed other aspects of seasonality that a sundial can demonstrate? I'd > like to make it as relevant as possible to meteorology. > > Regards > Chris Lusby Taylor > 51.4N 1.3W --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
