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The original Royal Observatory dating from 1675 and site of the Prime Meridien (latitude 00, starting point of Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Park, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Close-up of statue on Nemesti and church clock tower of Mikulov, Mikulovska wine region, Mikulov, Brno Region, Czech Republic, Europe

Sao Antonio church, originally a wooden chapel built in 1702, the time of the first explorers, its present facade dates from 1810 and is by Aleijadinho, Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Close-up detail seen from the Great Court of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Saadian tombs in the Kasbah district, dating back to the time of the Sultan Ahmed Al Mansour, who died in 1603, Medina, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Scientist uses hydrophone to track tagged great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) behaviour in real time, Gaansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Falkland Palace built between 1501 and 1531 on an earlier foundation, where Mary Queen of Scots lived for a time, Falkland, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Tractor collecting hay bales at harvest time, seen from the Cotswolds Way footpath, The Coltswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Klosterneuburg Abbey, a 12th century Augustinian monastery of the Roman Catholic Church, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Tourists in the pedestrian road of the old town at Christmas time, Kaysersberg, Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, France, Europe

View of cyclists in The Circus and Memorial Clock, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Close-up of the Astronomical Clock in the Old Town Square in Prague, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Czech Republic, Europe

Little Admiral Clock on church of St. Martin-le-Grand in Coney Street, city centre, York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Menara gardens, where the Almoravides built a huge pool in the center of the gardens in the 12th century and the pavilion dates back to the time of the Saadians, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

The original Royal Observatory dating from 1675 and site of the Prime Meridien (latitude 00, starting point of Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Park, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The noon gun firing in Cape Town.
The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Night-time, moonlit view of the geological formation known as 'Hole in the Wall along the wild coast in a region of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province formerly known as the Transkei. Stars can be seen in the sky.

View of one of the two noon guns at Lion Battery on Signal Hill in Cape Town.
The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

The steeple of St Peter's church in Zürich Switzerland. It has the largest clock face in Europe (8.7m).

Greenwich Mean Time Clock, Royal Observatory, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Shepherd 24-hour gate clock at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, UNESCO World Heritage Site, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Shepherd 24-hour gate clock at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, UNESCO World Heritage Site, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sundial in Shakespeare's Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America

A clock tower in Canmore in Banff National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

Night-time view of the Cirque de Mafate caldera on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, Africa

Sundial at Museo de las Casas Reales, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Central America

Massive tailbacks on Highway 63 north of Fort McMurray caused by tar sands workers at going home time, Alberta, Canada, North America

Night-time, moonlit view of the Table Mountain upper cable car station, Camps bay, the Atantic Ocean and Lion's Head in Cape Town, South Africa.

Wild Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) pinching grain from the barrow at feeding time at the Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The clock tower and steeple of St Peter's church in Zürich Switzerland. It has the largest clock face in Europe (8.7m).

A differential GPS being used in real time kinematic survey, to survey the extent of the Durham canyon flooding feature, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Loggerhead turtle hatchlings (Caretta caretta) heading towards the ocean for the first time, Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil, South America