Tower of the Winds of 2014, the Athens Ephorate of Antiquities began cleaning and conserving the structure; restoration work was completed in August 2016. The 12-metre-tall structure has a diameter of about 8 metres and was topped in antiquity by a weathervane-like Triton that indicated the wind direction. Below the frieze depicting the eight wind deities—Boreas (N), Kaikias (NE), Eurus (E), Apeliotes (SE), Notus (S), Lips (SW), Zephyrus (W), and Skiron (NW)—there are eight sundials. In its interior, there was a water clock (or clepsydra), driven by water coming down from the Acropolis. Recent research has shown that the considerable height of the tower
Eurus Rokkasho Solar Park Eurus Rokkasho Solar Park Eurus Rokkasho Solar Park () is a solar power generating station in the Mutsu-Ogawara Industrial Park, Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Comprising two solar fields about five kilometres apart from one another, the facility has a nameplate capacity of 148 MW, and a "grid capacity" of 115 MW. It is the largest operational solar plant in Japan. Construction began in August 2013. The power plant was engineered and constructed by Shimizu Corporation. It was commissioned on 1 October 2015. The station occupies 253 hectares of land on two different sites about five kilometres apart. The inland "Chitosedairakita