The Clock of the Long Now on Mt. Washington

From the column 'Photos From Beyond'

The Clock of the Long Now is a project in development since 1986 at the Long Now Foundation, which will eventually build an intricate and huge clock capable of perfectly keeping time for 10,000 years. The idea is to foster long-term thinking about time that will change perceptions about planning for the future; the clock of the long now is not really about life 10,000 years from now, it's about the present.

Visiting the remote site of Mt. Washington sets the scene for looking at these ideas and what it means to think about the future of humanity in these terms.

Range attached to Mt. Washington

Highway ruins on the way to Ely

Dirt road leading to Mt. Washington

Abandoned motel in Ely, NV near Mt. Washington

Mural in Ely, NV near Mt. Washington

Jerky shop on found on the way to Ely, near Crystal Springs, NV