Image:Foucault pendulum plane of swing stererograph.gif
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The precesssion of the plane of swing of a Foucault pendulum located at 30 degrees latitude. The rings represent latitude lines. A full cycle of the animation is one sidereal day. In the course of a sidereal day, a Foucault pendulum located at 30 degrees latitude precesses 180 degrees with respect to the Earth.
To see the stereographic effect, the eyes must cross.
Images generated with POV-ray ray-tracing software.
Created: 18 march 2007
Author: Cleonis
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