Jaipur, India. Jantar Mantar observatory built 1738 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh.

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Jaipur, India. Jantar Mantar observatory built 1738 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh. Vrihat Samrat Yantra, the world's largest gnomon sundial, which can measure time to an accuracy of two seconds using shadows cast by the sun.

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Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Photo credit: © Sue Cunningham / Alamy / Afripics
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