Tag: universe
HOW did they KNOW ???
I’m posting this amazing story with this question in my mind: “What do we REALLY know about humanity’s distant past?”.
I would suggest “virtually nothing that is accurate”. Hell … we can’t even get an accurate reading of recent history, such as, what a tyrant Honest Abe was, or even more recently, why that total sonuvabitch, Wilson, led us into WWI. What hope is there for truly knowing what transpired 6,000 years ago?
I recall reading a book about maps whereby the author stated that there are maps published 16th century which show Antarctica and Northern Greenland—lands no explorer of that time could have reached. The maps show an accurate coastline that is now under a mile of ice … a coastline verified as true only due to modern RADAR technology. These maps, in turn, are based on maps made by Alexander The Great, around 350BC.
Is the “myth” of Atlantis based on actual fact? I think so. At a minimum, it sure is possible. Was the Great Pyramid at Giza built by an advanced culture using technology we don’t even know about? Possibly. How do we know they did not?
Soooo … here comes this amazing artifact from about 1,600BC. Try to enjoy the read, and the implications.
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Incredible discovery of the oldest depiction of the universe almost lost to the black market
PILLARS OF CREATION
PLEASE, watch this in full screen mode.
“The heavens declare God’s glory.”
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from the youtube description …
Published on Jan 7, 2015The three impressive towers of gas and dust captured in this image are part of the Eagle Nebula, otherwise known as Messier 16. Although such features are not uncommon in star-forming regions, the Messier 16 structures are by far the most photogenic and evocative ever captured. The Hubble image of the pillars taken in 1995 is so popular that it has appeared in film and television, on tee-shirts and pillows, and even on postage stamps.
Now Hubble has revisited the famous pillars, capturing the multi-coloured glow of gas clouds, wispy tendrils of dark cosmic dust, and the rust-coloured elephants’ trunks with the newer Wide Field Camera 3, installed in 2009. The visible-light image builds on one of the most iconic astronomy images ever taken and provides astronomers with an even sharper and wider view.