This Giant Clock Will
Tick for 10,000
Years, But You'll
Never Find It
Would you pay $42 million for a
clock that ticks once a year? Before
you answer, consider this: It'll be
buried 500 feet (150 meters)
below a mountaintop near the
Texas-Mexico border, and yes —
you must wind it by hand.
Are you sold yet? Well, Amazon
founder Jeff Bezos is.
On Tuesday (Feb. 20),
Bezos tweeted the first
video footage of an unusual
project he's funding, called
the 10,000-Year Clock. True
to its name, the clock is
designed to accurately keep
time for 10,000 years. It's
powered by a combination
of
solar
energy
and
occasional windings by any
intrepid visitors who stray
into the limestone cliffs of
Texas'
Sierra
Diablo
mountain range sometime
over the next 10 millennia.
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