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Sun Dagger Misses Its Mark

Joseph Palca, 1989. Science 244(4912): 1538.

News report that the Sun Dagger no longer marks the solstice as it did, because one of its slabs has shifted, the erosion blamed on visitors and investigators.

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The contemporary report of the 1989 slab shift.

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Palca, J. (1989). Sun Dagger Misses Its Mark. Science 244(4912): 1538. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.244.4912.1538-b
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