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The Goal of the Noon Day Project  is to have students measure the circumference of the earth using a method that was first used by Eratosthenes over 2000 years ago.  Students at various sites around the world will measure shadows cast by a meter stick and compare their results. From this data students will be able to calculate the circumference of the earth.

See videos (below) from measurements made in Alexandria and Aswan (Syene) on June 21st below.

Carl Sagan in a clip from Cosmos
http://perbosc.eratosnoon.free.fr/spip.php?article205&lang=en
 
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