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The sunlight shining through the glass lens at precisely noon is focused onto the nickel-titanium wire below which contracts when heated by the sun syncing the clock's absolute time pendulum with true solar time.
April 13, 2009 11:55 AM PDT
Photo by: James Martin/CNET
