People set to photograph rare display of leap-second adjustment

People set to photograph rare display of leap-second adjustment

Many people will likely photograph a clock to catch a rare display of a leap second to be added at the end of June 30, 2015, at 23:59:60, as seen in this photo taken at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Koganei outside Tokyo on July 1, 2012, when the last leap-second adjustment took place at 08:59:60. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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