Posted on 11/11/2015 6:56:55 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
In Anthem, Arizona there resides five pillars. These five pillars serve as a memorial for our armed forces, each pillar representing a different branch of the military.
Designed by local artist and resident Renee Palmer Jones, the memorial is used in a Veteranâs Day ceremony every year to honor our fallen men and women.
But during the ceremony, what looks like an ordinary series of pillars actually becomes quite special.
If you look closely, you will see that due to the way the pillars are aligned, that the sun will shine right through holes built into each descending pillar due to the way that they were perceptively measured by an engineer.
At exactly 11:11 am on Novermber 11th, the pillars align to display the seal of the United States on the ground below.
Along with the inscriptions of each of the fallen soldiers, this is quite the site to behold.
This really is a beautiful way to honor our fallen men and women who served this country so valiantly.
I would imagine that the angle of the sun at 11:11 A.M. on Nov. 11th would change slightly from year to year, depending on when, in the 4 year leap year cycle, it occurs. But maybe not enough to be noticeable.
yup
The sunspot appears a bit low...
Well done to the designer,beautifull on so many levels.
Due to the fact that a year is made of ~365 1/4 Earth days, there will be a cycle every 4 years of when the 'exact' alignment takes place.
The Earth will be off from 11:11:00 AM by almost -15 seconds each year; until a leap year re-sets it all.
indeed!
At other days thruout the year, the sunspot will shift from the circular shape at Veterans Day (41 days before winter solstice) to a football shaped image, getting narrower and narrower as it goes below the Seal (until Feb 3 41 days after winter solstice) and above it from Feb 3-Nov 11.
Thank you for that video!
Thank you
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