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Foucault Pendulum


This is an image of Foucault’s pendulum at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. Foucault’s pendulum is basically a device that visually demonstrates that the earth rotates, the pendulum hanging from the ceiling of a standing structure is free to swing in any vertical plane. While the earth rotates the pendulum will appear to rotate relative to it yet in reality it is swinging in the same vertical plane. If you’re having a hard time visualizing it then check out this 30 seconds video on youTube, it doesn’t really explain the the concept it just demonstrates in super speed mode 🙂

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This entry was posted on February 23, 2012 by . It was filed under Abstract, California, Los Angeles, Stock and was tagged with , , .

6 responses

  1. Nandini

    Such a brilliant photo! Loved it. And thanks for the information and the link. 🙂

    February 23, 2012 at 7:09 am

  2. Inga

    Fantastic shot! Excellent perspective.

    February 23, 2012 at 9:30 am

  3. mehmudah

    Great shot!

    February 25, 2012 at 6:29 am

  4. Lindsay Thomas

    This reminds me of something from the Da Vinci Code. Strong imagery.

    February 26, 2012 at 3:00 pm

  5. Russel Ray Photos

    I’ve never understood how these work. But I don’t understand why a ship doesn’t sink and why planes fly, either.

    March 8, 2012 at 5:28 pm