Once we have the arcin the ground representing the lengthof the shadow over the course of...
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Once we have the arc
in the ground representing the length
of the shadow over the course of the day, we can take a piece of string
and tie it to this gnomon, move out a certain distance,
and then just use that to draw a circle in the ground
in the ground representing the length
of the shadow over the course of the day, we can take a piece of string
and tie it to this gnomon, move out a certain distance,
and then just use that to draw a circle in the ground
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Once we have the arc
in the ground
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representing the length
of the shadow
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over the course of the day,
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we can take a piece of string
and tie it to this gnomon,
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move out a certain distance,
and then just use that
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to draw a circle in the ground.
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With breath-taking CGI, beautiful landscape footage and some of the world's most important astronomical artefacts, Ancient Skies looks at the cosmos through the eyes of our ancestors, and our changing views of the cosmos throughou...
