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PostRe: The Interesting Thread - Machu Picchu & Lost City of Pai
by 1cmanny1 » Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:36 am

I never knew any of that, extremely interesting thanks! This thread needs to be more popular.

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by Alvin Flummux » Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:19 am

This popped up on my Facebook feed, I thought it could use some exposure here:

Hiding a volcano

Take a good look at this image.

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This shot was taken in Antarctica, on top of several kilometers of ice. Ask yourself this question…if there was a volcano directly underneath these people…could they know it? A kilometer of ice…some volcanoes might poke through that, but many wouldn’t.

Dr. Doug Weins from Washington University in St. Louis might have just found one. As part of one of the investigations of the ice sheet, their research group deployed a series of seismographs on the surface of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Seismographs can help monitor the thickness of the ice and how it is flowing, so the deployment wasn’t necessarily there to look beneath the ice.

In 2010 and 2011, those seismographs started recording earthquakes. A fairly good number of earthquakes, over a thousand, in one spot under 2 kilometers of ice, 55 kilometers from the nearest known volcano. Movement of magma through the Earth’s crust gives a specific seismic signature, producing small earthquakes just like these, meaning they were likely caused by movement within a magma chamber.

Other seismic investigations revealed a strange layer in the ice at this point. It’s buried a kilometer deep, half way between the top of the ice and the ground. Their best explanation for that layer is that it’s ash, frozen in the ice sheet from a major eruption thousands of years ago.

A volcano like this can release a lot of heat. Not nearly enough to threaten the entire ice sheet, but enough to melt large amounts of the ice above it. This layer of ash suggests that about 8000 years ago, this volcano underwent a large eruption. Not as large as something like Yellowstone going off, but given the amount of ice it melted, about as large as the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.

A hidden Krakatoa, buried under 2 kilometers of ice with no one knowing it’s there. Fascinating find.

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Simultaneously fascinating and terrifying.

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by The Grassy knoll » Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:22 pm

Fatal Exception wrote:http://www.nature-places.com/most-beautiful-and-unusual-beach/



kind of reminded me of this...



Depressing.

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PostRe: The Interesting Thread - Machu Picchu & Lost City of Pai
by zXe » Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:49 pm

Someone posted an article about these 500 year old frozen mummies of Inca child sacrifice victims. It's incredible.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23496345

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by Mockmaster » Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:13 pm

In 2008 a man named Rick Dyer claimed to have shot and killed a Bigfoot. You may remember it:

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This shockingly turned out to be a hoax.

Well, 2014 and he is at it again. He has claimed for the last half a year to be in possession of a Bigfoot that he shot and killed. Sounds familiar.

A couple of days ago, he released the first picture.

Behold....

Bigfoot.

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He will be holding a press conference in the coming days to present the body and show the world this monumental discovery.

http://www.ksat.com/news/bigfoot-hunter ... index.html

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by Qikz » Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:52 pm

Is it not possible that these "big-foot" creatures actually exist but are rememenants of a younger species of humanity who somehow managed to find themselves deep underground which kept them alive and giving them a different evolution pattern to us? I mean it's highly unlikely, but with the wonder of our planet I wouldn't be all that surprised. I mean this'll probably be a hoax as well but it's an interesting idea.

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PostRe: The Interesting Thread - Machu Picchu & Lost City of Pai
by Poser » Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:00 pm

Aren't they all bears? I thought that was all but proven.

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PostRe: The Interesting Thread - Machu Picchu & Lost City of Pai
by Mockmaster » Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:13 pm

Seven Posers Posing wrote:Aren't they all bears? I thought that was all but proven.


Some long held samples that were strongly thought to be the best chance of being Bigfoot turned out to be bear, yes.

Most believers still cling onto the famous Patterson Gimlin film as the best evidence of its existence. With so many HD devices around nowadays, you would expect a good and non-blurry sighting sooner rather than later.

Yukiho wrote:Is it not possible that these "big-foot" creatures actually exist but are rememenants of a younger species of humanity who somehow managed to find themselves deep underground which kept them alive and giving them a different evolution pattern to us? I mean it's highly unlikely, but with the wonder of our planet I wouldn't be all that surprised. I mean this'll probably be a hoax as well but it's an interesting idea.


In 2003 in Indonesia they discovered a new (extinct) species named Homo Floresiensis which were the size of Hobbits (although some critics think they were suffering from a disorder that made them that height). Similarly there is the Orang Pendek, a small bipedal primate that allegedly exists in the Sumatran rainforest but no firm proof has been found yet.

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PostRe: The Interesting Thread 2017 - The Skeletons of Roopkund Lake
by Hulohot » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:53 am

Good morning to all and welcome back to a return of those things that are interesting.

It has been many years since this thread went dark, and I find myself in a position to do a new series of updates.

We will begin in India with a look at the mysterious floating skeletons of Roopkund Lake.

Roopkund Lake on the border of Nepal, a high altitude (5029 meters) glacial lake in India has a secret that is only revealed for a month each year when the ice melts.

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In 1942 the forest ranger H K Madhawl discovered floating human remains at the edge of the lake.

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Bones wash up on the bank of the river, some with an unusual amount of flesh, hair and leather clothing still present
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The remains have baffled and fascinated scientists, locals and historians since their discovery. One initial theory is that they belonged to a lost Japanese invasion force from WW2 but that was soon dismissed when they were found to date back at least 100 years.

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However more recent studies suggest they are much older, dating as far back as 850AD

Initially the victims were thought to have been victims of exposure possibly due to an avalanche, but another theory is that they were murder victims as the bones showed signs of impact.


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Who were these people? DNA evidence of the remains indicates there were two distinct groups – (1) a closely related or family group, and (2) a shorter group of local people, likely hired as porters and guides. Many artifacts (spears, leather shoes, rings, etc.) were found among remains, leading experts to conclude the family group was most likely made up of pilgrims heading through the valley with the help of the locals as guides.


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With an estimated 200 remains, a similar type of trauma was found among the skulls of the victims.

High impact trauma from large round objects.

It is now believed that the people travelling through Roopkund lake fell victim to a severe halestorm. Trapped in the open with no cover, they were likely pelted to death by ungodly hale stones with their bodies being frozen and preserved for 1200 years until unthawing and their discovery.

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Roopkund Lake is a popular trekking destination and tourist destination. Perhaps you would like to visit? If you do, keep an eye out for sudden halestorms, with stones that back then likely grew to 9 inches in size.

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http://roopkundtourism.com





Sources:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/scienced ... india/amp/

http://m.indiatoday.in/story/uttarakhan ... 77681.html

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PostRe: The Interesting Thread 2017 - The Skeletons of Roopkund Lake
by Preezy » Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:18 am

Very interesting read, thanks Hulo!

Hopefully it won't be another 3 years before the next interesting post :dread:

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PostRe: The Interesting Thread 2017 - The Skeletons of Roopkund Lake
by Moggy » Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:24 am

I love this thread. :wub:

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by Alvin Flummux » Thu Apr 27, 2017 12:30 pm

That post gave me boneitis.

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PostRe: The Interesting Thread 2017 - The Skeletons of Roopkund Lake
by Hulohot » Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:02 pm

Thanks! :) I've missed doing these. Laptop died about the time I stopped updating, have got it fixed now finally so I decided to start it again.

Still ended up doing that post on my phone which was a pain in the ass :fp:

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PostRe: The Interesting Thread 2017 - The Black Paintings of Goya.
by Hulohot » Tue May 09, 2017 8:19 am

The Black Paintings of Goya

Considered the last of the great classical artist Francisco Goya (1746-1828) had suffered a debilitating sickness which ultimately led him to becoming deaf.

With his psychological and physical state weakening, his frustrations at the foolishness of Spanish politics returning to an oppressive absolutist regime led him to create one of his final collections.

A collection some believe were inspired by his own personal glimpses into hell.

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The Black Paintings, thematically dark, often but not always with a black background depicting hideous characters, painted straight onto the walls of his mansion in oils.

Goya did not intend for anyone to see these paintings, they were personal and only came to light after his death when they were removed and transferred onto canvas.

You will all likely be familiar with his most famously grotesque and haunting painting Saturn Devouring His Son.

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One of the 14 Black Paintings, depicting the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (in the title Romanized to Saturn), who, fearing that he would be overthrown by one of his children, ate each one upon their birth. Possibly a depiction of Goyas frustration at Spain devouring and throwing away it's citizens in wars and revolutions.


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The Dog, drowning in sand. Consumed by the desert.

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Two old men, one may represent Chronos, the god of time. Beside him is a highly-caricatured figure whose face is animal-like. This figure seems to be shouting into the ear of his companion, which might be an allusion to Goya's deafness.

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Women Laughing, mocking a man furiously masuturbating in the right side of the picture.

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Atropos (The Fates). The painting is a reinterpretation of the mythological subject of the goddesses of destiny—the Moirai or fates as recounted in Homer, Hesiod, Virgil and other classical writers. These "Daughters of Night" were headed by Atropos, the inexorable goddess of death, who carries a few scissors to cut the thread of life; Clotho, with her distaff (which Goya replaces with a doll or newborn child, possibly an allegory of life)

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Two Old Men Eating Soup, with the man on the right possibly being dead.

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Witches Sabbath. Satan hulks, in the form of a goat, in moonlit silhouette over a coven of ugly and terrified witches. A withdrawn young girl in black sits to the far right, apart and withdrawn from the other women; perhaps in defiance. Goya was then around 75 years old, living alone and suffering from acute mental and physical distress.

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Photographed in 1900, Goyas mansion the Quinta del Sordo (The villa of the deaf) was located on the outskirts of Madrid and demolished in 1909.

The 14 Black Paintings are now on display at the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

There is a rumoured lost 15th Black Painting that went missing from his home.

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PostRe: The Interesting Thread 2017 - The Black Paintings of Goya.
by finish.last » Sat May 20, 2017 8:59 am

This isn't exactly unheard of - in fact it's on the BBC website- but it's pretty interesting I think.

A mysterious death http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39369429

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