Eclipse lunar1/11/2024 ![]() Archaeoastronomy has revealed that many other ancient societies also recorded the rising and/or setting of certain celestial objects, particularly during the equinoxes or solstices, the days in which the Sun passes the zenith, and the days of solar/lunar eclipses. They often comprised central elements of Mesoamerican cosmology or cosmogony that were believed to have structured time and space of the present world, and the rising or setting spot of celestial objects on the horizon often coincided with the direction of particular constructions on special days. Ancient Mesoamerican understandings of such phenomena were not the same as those we conceive of today, based on Western astronomy. ![]() In Mesoamerica, the cycles and directions of the Sun, Moon, Venus, Pleiades, and solar/ lunar eclipses were particularly integrated in monumental construction plans, the contents of rituals or mortuary practices, and in hieroglyphic writing. Intended associations can be archaeologically illustrated in maps or through Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates in which specific alignments or significant distances may be recorded.Ĭertain celestial phenomena seem to have been observed with special attention by many ancient societies. The symbolism involved in features of the landscape can be archaeologically suggested by constructions or objects dedicated to them, and their spatial arrangement with artificial features like monuments, ritual spaces, petroglyphs, or dedicatory burials. A particular mountain, cave, rock, river, lake, celestial object, or other natural feature would have been interpreted meaningfully by ancient peoples – for example, as a place of origin, a sacred spot connecting people to the upper- or under-world, a source of divine power, etc. Images and symbols are not found only with ancient buildings or the objects discussed below rather, some features of the natural environment may have also served as integral elements to forms, concepts, or visions symbolized in certain other materials. Saburo Sugiyama, in Encyclopedia of Archaeology, 2008 Sacred Geography and Site Formation ![]() Moon isn’t “Dead,” it is slowly shrinking and shaking from active Geological faults. There is no trace of water or any form of life, all volcanic activities died out billions of years ago, and even the youngest lunar lava is old enough to reactive due to extraterrestrial impact. Water vaporizes due to the heat of the Sun that escapes in the distance space. The Moon does not have any atmosphere unlike our planet, and hence, no atmospheric pressure on the surface. Water in molecular forms is detected in the thin layer of gases above the lunar surface. The water and ice could survive in cold, as well as, in the permanently shadowed craters at the polar region of the Moon. The liquid water cannot be persevered at the Moon's surface, and water vapor will breakdown with hydrogen quickly released to outer space. Moon is largely devoid of water and elements with a low boiling point as on now. It has no significant atmosphere, no erosion or weathering, no tectonic activities, rapid cooling, and low density of 3.34 g/cm 3, in comparison to Earth (5.51 g/cm 3). The lunar landscape is characterized by impact craters, their leftover ejecta, volcanoes, hills, lava flows, and depressions (Maria) filled by basaltic magma. The collision happened during the total lunar eclipse creating a number of 10–15-m deep crater. Astronomers observed that Moon was struck by an asteroid traveling at a speed of ~61,000 km an hour. The terrain is rugged due to multiple impact craters and relatively few flat lunar Maria. The far side (back dark side) is always far away from the Earth. The near side face depicts the darker area of back basalt (Maria that looks like Seas) of low in altitude and the light color Lunar Highland high in altitude ( Fig. In this process, only one side (near side) of the Moon is always visible from Earth due to Earth and Moon are in synchronous orbiting mode. Courtesy: With complements Sangeeta Karthik, Los Angeles. The eclipse took place in the sequence (A, B, and C) between the evening of Sunday, January 20, and the early morning hours of Monday, January 21. It was observed in America's night sky at Los Angeles. A total lunar eclipse occurred on January 21, 2019.
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