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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Milky Way Above Easter Island
NASA ^ | June 18, 2012 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 06/18/2012 2:39:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: Why were the statues on Easter Island built? No one is sure. What is sure is that over 800 large stone statues exist there. The Easter Island statues, stand, on the average, over twice as tall as a person and have over 200 times as much mass. Few specifics are known about the history or meaning of the unusual statues, but many believe that they were created about 500 years ago in the images of local leaders of a lost civilization. Pictured above, some of the stone giants were illuminated in 2009 under the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy.

June 18, 2012

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; easterisland; milkyway; science
[Credit & Copyright: Manel Soria]

1 posted on 06/18/2012 2:40:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 06/18/2012 2:40:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

it all makes sense now.


3 posted on 06/18/2012 2:42:07 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (they have no god but caesar)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Are you hip to Easter Island?
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Starchild here.
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On the Mothership.

- Parliament - Mother Ship Connection


4 posted on 06/18/2012 2:52:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: SunkenCiv

WOW!


5 posted on 06/18/2012 2:56:19 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: SunkenCiv

At some point in the near future, I am going to have to take a trip to true nighttime darkness in order to see the sky that my ancestors lived under. We live in the age of light pollution which inevitably diminishes our appreciation of the sky and the universe beyond that sky. It is pictures like this that remind me of this lack. Thanks for reminding me.


6 posted on 06/18/2012 2:59:16 PM PDT by SES1066 (Government is NOT the reason for my existence!)
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To: SunkenCiv

I do not believe the only light in this picture is from the Milky Way. Perhaps with a reeeal long exposure but I doubt it.


7 posted on 06/18/2012 3:02:42 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Obama must Go.)
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To: BenLurkin

8 posted on 06/18/2012 3:03:09 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: SunkenCiv

So. It DOES all come down to ‘The Chiefs of Staff, Joint...’


9 posted on 06/18/2012 3:06:19 PM PDT by InkStone (ED)
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To: SunkenCiv

From the 2010 July 14th APOD.

10 posted on 06/18/2012 3:08:48 PM PDT by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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To: SES1066

On my bucket list.


11 posted on 06/18/2012 3:11:51 PM PDT by mouske
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To: SunkenCiv
Few specifics are known about the history or meaning of the unusual statues

Zeus' chess pieces.

12 posted on 06/18/2012 4:19:00 PM PDT by bgill
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To: SunkenCiv
What's under the dirt? Oh... that's weird.

13 posted on 06/18/2012 4:27:01 PM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: SunkenCiv

After years of playing at weddings and bar mitzvahs, I can’t escape the resemblance to LINE DANCING.


14 posted on 06/18/2012 5:32:36 PM PDT by left that other site
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To: SunkenCiv

Stunningly beautiful pic, sir.


15 posted on 06/18/2012 5:48:27 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Vaquero

Darn it. In AFTER the it was aliens guy.


16 posted on 06/18/2012 7:59:33 PM PDT by JCBreckenridge (Texas, Texas, Whisky)
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