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Nice, thanks

Viking: basic, I only need a 1827-match, a 1660-pencil, ??-plastic, 1800-paper, ...

This guy is why there is a mirror on the back of a compass So that you can see who's lost.

Are you saying that the sun's shadow always points to the pole?

You have got to be joking. The shadows only points to north or south at solar meridian passage Try this on a boat and you sail in circles. The shadow points West in the morning and east in the evening.

Are you in the south below the equator? Because where I live north is the on the side with the shadow.

well, to be quite honest, if you're in a survival situation you'd have no reason to tell the time, other than the passage of time as you were taught, for no reason other than " oh, it's supposed to be x time, I should uh, ummm... change the... oh hell, check the traps since the sun is up... and umm... well uh, take my... umm, tell the next person in line to, uhh... well shit I'm the only one here so screw it." sun is up, do stuff, sun is down sleep. edit: to be fair to the OP, it is useful for finding direction. Otherwise it just keeps you kinda informed about how long you've been alone that day. Army mentality, "stay busy, do random stuff to keep you occupied, at least you know what time it is" this is one of those.

The shadow of the stick being cast South....means that you live in like Australia or something. The Sun never sweeps around behind you, to make a shadow be cast towards the North pole. Instead, because you live out past like 30degrees South latitude probably...the Sun will always sweep East to West in front of you, always casting shadows South. Because the Sun is always between you and the North pole, as it goes around the North pole East to West in smaller circles, and then larger circles. I live in Texas and the Sun always sweeps around behind me. So when i put a stick in the ground, the shadow of the stick will always be cast away from me, towards the North. When i stand outside and face the North Pole, the Sun sweeps around behind me, from my right hand side to my left hand side, casting all shadows away from me, because the Sun always circles around behind through the day, sweeping East to West.

very interesting experiment, thank you.

Thanks for that. I will use that with my 7-8 students this year. Cheers

Vikings: You don't need magnets to make a compass, just use some wood and a stick and you find your way home.

Excuse me but this is an Ottoman solar compass….

Back to basics ?

Thanks for sharing. It looks like it points to the true and not magnetic north.It would be interesting to leave it in place on a clear night and see if it points to Polaris. You never know when all the power could go out and most people have lost touch with this ancient knowledge.

Nicely explained.

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Damn that's awesome. Thanks for explaining

What is your other channel

what is this simulator

What is the name of the program used in the video?