More Than Time

© Michael Farruggia

More Than Time

Uploaded: May 04, 2007

Description

This is the famous Astronomical Clock from the Old Town Square in Prague. What makes this clock so special, besides its beauty, is that it tells so much more than just the time. Every hour on the hour, the twelve Apostles revolve through the open window, while the figures of Vanity and Greed (on the left) and Death and the Turk (on the right) move as well. The outer ring of Arabic numbers measures Old Bohemian time, in which the day was based on the sun. The Roman numerals depict our time. The blue represents the daylight hours of Babylonian time, and the circle with Astrological symbols records the movement of the sun and moon through out the 12 signs of the Zodiac. Can your watch do that?

Settings used: F/3.2, 1/800sec, ISO 64


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May 08, 2007

Congrats on editors pick!!! :) #651933

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