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by cfcef 3773 days ago
So would OP be the 'fractal sundial'?
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I would consider it a holographic sundial.

A fractal is "any of various extremely irregular curves or shapes for which any suitably chosen part is similar in shape to a given larger or smaller part when magnified or reduced to the same size"[0].

A hologram is "a three-dimensional image reproduced from a pattern of interference produced by a split coherent beam of radiation"[1].

The 3rd dimensional component of the hologram is modulated by the position of the sun instead of the observer.

[0] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fractal

[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hologram

Yeah I think it would be