We start this episode off with a few interesting news items that lead to another short discussion about the Elastic Universe Hypothesis and how it might be tested via an interesting anomaly that happens only beneath a full solar eclipse. And also how archaeologists are dumb because for like a hundred years they've been trying to study ancient astronomical observatories
during the daytime.
We then move on to the subject of the Black Knight Satellite at the request of a listener(thanks J), which means we get into Long Delay Echoes, ancient space probes, Phillip K. Dick and V.A.L.I.S.
After that, we talk about a strange correlation between gigantic pyramids in Mexico, China, and Indonesia, then finish up with a brief discussion of a very mysterious place in China known as the Longyou Grottoes.
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Gravitic Lensing (theoretically) caused by the gravity of a galaxy cluster in the foreground, warping the light of galaxies behind it into circular arcs(btw the very bright object on the upper right is a star in our own galaxy) |
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Graph of LDEs |
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Epsilon Bootes constellation |
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Some believe this photo taken from the space shuttle captured the elusive Black Knight |
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NASA map of PHAs(Potentially Hazardous Asteroids)
This map does not include comets. We're all gonna die. |
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Teotihuacan |
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It's pretty big.....I guess |
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Why was this place encased in Mica?? |
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Volcanic mountain near Teotihuacan |
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Pyramids in China |
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They refer to them as "mausoleums" |
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They're totally not pyramids. See the trees? Hills. Just hills. |
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Pyramid of the first Chinese emperor. The Terracotta warriors are nearby. |
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The top of Gunung Padang in Indonesia |
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The top level was made using basalt columns that form naturally when lava hits seawater |
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The top level is about 2500 years old. The lowest levels are 30,000 years old. |
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The Terracotta Warriors |
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This is just a few of them....there are over 6,000 in total, plus horses |
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That's a lotta clay mmkay |
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Note each has very unique individual features |
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One of the Longyou Grottoes. The light is coming through an opening that was the original pool on the surface |
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Who did this? Where did all the rock go? Where are the fish? |
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That would seem like a "bottomless" pool |
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Note the extremely uniform marks on the walls |
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Each grotto is many levels deep |
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The rooms are cavernous and huge |
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A close-up of the marks on the walls. Toothpicks and dedication? Or advanced machinery? |
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