Cosmic Dish

Jaipur's Jantar Mantar - the Cosmic Dish
A medieval cosmic dish; this is not going to receive any TV channels, but back in its heydey, astronomers used it to help them calculate eclipses, and predict major cosmic events. (Note the marker at the intersection of the wires at the center).
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This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 at 8:21 pm. It is filed under Daily Image and tagged with Asia, Cosmic, Dish, India, Jaipur, Jantar Mantar, Rajasthan.
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