Where Time Comes From

The time that ends up on your smartphone-and that synchronizes GPS, military operations, financial transactions, and internet communications-originates in a set of atomic clocks on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory. Dr. Demetrios Matsakis, Chief Scientist for USNO's Time Services, gives a tour.
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[@ScottALanter]

What a fascinating job that man has. I could listen to him for hours.

[@justindeale3355]

You could call that guy a time lord

[@patton303]

That jumble of books is exactly what I’d expect our naval observatory to look like.

[@AshwinMisra]

More than 6 years this video has been online.
Only 9k views.
Only 130 likes.
0 dislikes.
Whats up with the world?

[@AmongUs-mb4qx]

Too busy consuming Korean pop where don't understand half the words I guess.

[@szabosandor-zsolt6337]

Really great video I expect more of these quality videos from you. Great job!

[@oureo]

a very wes anderson type look... absolutely love it!

[@petecoventry6858]

All this to keep telling me I am late - love it :)

[@thekidfromiowa]

I called the number today!

[@TorresKarolina]

this is soooo cool

[@astroroadshow]

An Amazon book is out on all space related sites around Washington DC... Outer Space in Washington DC by Peter Bassett. This place in included.

[@nicacrush]

This guy is cool

[@ianmedium]

I would love to know what wristwatch he wears!

[@Legend813a]

He doesn't wear a watch.

[@lordwhitepowder]

Hello from 2021

[@AmongUs-mb4qx]

and from 2022

[@manpetepetrop8034]

The True Time Lord (Doctor Who):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Lord
Like an incarnation of the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker).
Keep our world Coordinated Good Doctor...
Ps: Greetings from a fellow Greek...

[@michaelbauers8800]

I just learned one of their clocks is in my city of Colorado Springs. Not that I will ever see it.

[@alec4672]

No but you can listen to yours

[@PauIieWalnuts]

Looks like Milton found more than a stapler.

[@clintoncook6082]

"...the combined set of four of them will not lose or gain one second in 300,000,000 years."
"Well, if your in the clock business, you know that no clock runs perfectly and some have catastrophic failures. In fact, every clock is liable to catastrophic failure."
Four clocks running in almost perfect unison, whether or not you have a failure, makes sure you're covered for redundancy.

[@MysLed]

Does anyone else ever just think of time(the clock) as being Human Life's Warden/Dominator/Ruler/God! And how it is that this thing, we call time, instructs and dominates how it is we are to live throughout our existence?

[@solymanalybiek3239]

You gonna have to re fix it because the Americas must be in the East as the beginning of the time.