EARTHDIAL for CYPRUS
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As well as constructing an Earthdial for my home in England, I decided to make another Earthdial for Cyprus, which is where we frequently go for our holidays.

Cyprus is an island in the Eastern Mediterrean, close to the south coast of Turkey

I used the normal Earthdial specifications for this location, Paphos, on the west coast of Cyprus. The co-ordinates are:
Latitude : 34 degrees 45 minutes North
Longitude: 32 degrees 25 minutes West
Here is the resulting dial diagram, produced by my Postscript program.

In order to check whether my Cyprus Earthdial was correctly set up, bearing in mind that I live in England , at a latitude of 52 degrees 46 minutes North, I had to angle the dial by approx.18 degrees from the horizontal.( that is, 52 degrees 46 minutes less 34 degrees 45 minutes).

The photo on the right shows how I was able to adjust it.

So here, on the left, is the Cyprus Earthdial, photographed at 10.35 a.m.British Summer Time (BST) on 25th May. It shows that the dial is pretty accurate and I look forward to taking it with me to Paphos on our summer vacations!

You notice that the Earthdial has seven date curves, rather than the standard three curves for a conventional Earthdial and also that in top centre, below the "EARTH 2004" motto, is the name of the city of Paphos and its co-ordinates, in the Greek language.