“Sign of the times — Broken Atomic Clock at the Naval Observatory”

Thanks to Melissa for sending on Sunday:

“This…. this is very bad timing.

The master clock at the U.S. Naval Observatory (sometimes referred to as “the atomic clock”) appears to be broken. At least, the digital display on Massachusetts Avenue is. I’m sure the actual clock itself is fine, just fine, absolutely fine, this is fine! 6 second video:

(For reference: “The U.S. Naval Observatory operates two Master Clock facilities. The primary facility, in Washington, D.C. maintains 57 HP/Agilent/Symmetricom 5071A-001 high performance cesium atomic clocks and 24 hydrogen masers.”)”