Posted 05.14.2012 at 4:22 pm
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Hat tip to astronomer Phil Plait over at Bad Astronomy for digging up this gem of an image snapped by astronaut Don Petit aboard the International Space Station. Culled from NASA’s Flickr stream, the composite is a series of eighteen 30-second exposures stitched together to capture the motion of the ISS around the Earth, trailing the light from cities and auroras below as well as stars above.
The result is something close to psychedelic. Download the wallpaper-worthy super high-res version over at NASA: 2Explore’s Flickr stream, which, by the way, is chock full of interesting astrophotography. Like this. And this.
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Sure, we all just think this a Psychedelic Swirl of Stars, but in reality, the Annunaki have return from deep space and as we the Earthlings stare up at the night sky, we are all being hypnotize, prior to their invasion.
Oh, I am sorry; I am too early for that. That does not happen until December 21st 2012. I guess, I just felt the need to write it, as it somehow fit the article.
Go check your Summerian or Mayan calendar. Things are going to get really interesting anytime after December 21st.....
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Religion sees beyond the senses, i.e. faith.
Open your mind and see!