A Sundial that Shows Solstice
			
		
		
		What day is it?
If the day -- and time -- are right, this sundial will tell you: 
SOLSTICE.
Only then will our  
Sun 
be located just right for sunlight to 
stream through openings and spell 
out the term for the 
longest and shortest days of the year.
But this will happen today (and again in December).
The 
sundial 
was constructed by Jean Salins in 1980 and is 
situated at the 
Ecole Supérieure des Mines de Paris in 
Valbonne Sophia Antipolis of south-eastern 
France.
On two other days of the year, 
watchers of 
this sundial 
might get to see it produce another word: 
EQUINOXE.