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Originally Posted by Cymatic Veilbegone View Post
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...=13498&page=52 888 - from my humble perspective, one of the most significant references for 'a ring' is that of the - you nailed it- the vortex. I listened to Weidner speak in Los Angeles last year -he was talking about how the ancients understood that time was not linear, but Toroid. He then drew a diagram showing how time moved along a Hypersphere.... ![]() .... Quote:
Now I may have to rethink my solar eclipse avatar.
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![]() More medicine wheels, lets go on down the tracks , in Winnipeg ![]() I think the tracks look like a thunderbird ![]() We find a yellow brick road leading to the Thunderbird House ![]() ![]() The Circle of Life House Thunderbird House welcomed the community to celebrate its opening in a sunrise-to-sunset day of ceremony, feast, honour and prayer on the vernal equinox, March 21st, 2000. The Whaka Pimadiziiwii Pinaysiiwigamic features four doorways representing all four people of the world by the colors of each doorway. North represents White, East represents Yellow, South represents Black and West represents Red. These are the four people of the world. There are no others. There is a blending of all these people and all are accepted. The wingspan of the thunderbird was described to be twice as long as a Native Indian war canoe. Underneath its wings are lightning snakes which the thunderbird uses as weapons. Lightning is created when the thunderbird throws these lighting snakes or when he blinks his eyes that glow like fire. Sometimes these lightning snakes are depicted in Native American art as having wolf or dog-like heads with serpent tongues. They are occasionally referred to as the thunderbird's dogs. Native American art portrays the thunderbird with a huge curving beak and prominent ears or horns. The Thunderbird as the Phoenix with the lightening ![]() It is one of the most consistent symbols of all aboriginals in North, Central and South America This enormous design below the Hill Fort of Barbury Castle appears to be a direct representation of the 'Aztec Spirit Bird'. The Aztec's most important Gods were represented as Birds, and were right at the top of their pantheon of gods! Quetzalcoatl himself was also a (Bird - god) and is thought to return in 2012. Once again we have another powerful symbol within the fields with ancient connections. ![]() Inside the Thunderbird house we find the focus again a 8 pointed star the same as in the Legislature House. Let's go further down the tracks and back in time again. ![]() ![]() Happyland Park (1906 - 1922?) Happyland was built on 13 hectares of land.I had to put this in just cause I love the name but it was also built by Masons and the construction is filled with the Fibonacci numbers 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34, etc. See how many you can find. ![]() I will not go into detail here on the ferris wheel. Here is a link to a post I did earlier, that explains and link to other sites for more information. http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...=ferris+wheels http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...=ferris+wheels ![]() The modern day equivalent at the EXPO. Let's journey further down the yellow brick road. ![]() Gold also the same symbol as the sun. The Canadian Mint's original refinery was completed in 1911. It rendered distinguished service to the British Empire throughout the Great War, producing the large quantities of gold bars with which Britain paid its debts to other countries. A new refinery facility, designed to meet any possible demand for many years to come, was built in 1936 to refine gold for mines and central banks throughout the world. Still in operation today, the refinery has produced 9999 fine gold bars since 1969. In 1982, it became the world's first refinery to produce 9999 fine gold bullion coins. Then in 1999, the Mint excelled again by being the first to achieve 99999 fine gold purity. ![]() The Royal Canadian Mint's proud history reached a new peak in 2007 with the Guinness World Records certification of the largest coin in the world: the masterpiece 100 kg, 99.999% pure $1 million gold bullion coin was originally conceived as a unique showpiece to promote the Mint's new line of 99999 pure 1 oz Gold Maple Leaf bullion coins. After several interested buyers came forward, the Mint decided to make a very limited quantity available for sale. To date, five of these majestic gold bullion coins, weighing 3,215 troy ounces each, have been purchased by investors from Canada and abroad. More about the Queen pictured on the coin later and how this all ties together. Further down the path we find another sun symbol, as the central point in this observatory. ![]() The Oodena Circle is a circular shallow bowl measuring 60 metres across and 2.5 metres deep. This stone circle is geometrically aligned to the sunrise and sunset of the fall and spring equinox, and summer and winter solstices. Surrounding the circle are limestone monoliths depicting the solar system, Earth, wind, fire and water. Located at the junction of Red and Assiniboine Rivers, Oodena Celebration Circle represents the rich heritage of Canada. This naturally shallow amphitheater pays tribute to the 6,000 year-old faded past of this place. As this has been a home to aborigines from old times, this center has a lot to offer to cherish the historical past. Ethereal sculptures, a sundial, a naked eye observatory and a ceremonial fire pit are some of the splendors at this circle. ![]() The sculpture at the entrance to the Oodena Celebration Circle at the Forks in the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba is just the beginning to the historic past of Canada's heritage. Sculptures, a sundial, an observatory and a ceremonial fire pit are a few of the things to see while visiting this historical circle. ![]() It pays homage to the 60,000 years of Aboriginal peoples in the area. Oodena, Cree for the centre of the city, features ethereal sculptures, a sundial, interpretive signage, a naked eye observatory and a ceremonial fire pit, making it a desirable venue for Aboriginal and cultural celebrations or a place to simply sit and marvel at its beauty. ![]() Around the amphitheater, eight pairs of stone walls are positioned to enable observation of the summer and winter solstices, and vernal and autumnal equinoxes. The sun rises from the space between one pair of walls and sets between another on special days. Furthermore, sculptural armatures were set atop the walls to serve as guideposts for celestial orientation. These are arc-shaped slender steel pipes with rings through which certain constellations can be observed at certain times. Each armature is unique in shape and identifies different sets of stars throughout the year Once the design concept was determined, the landscape office added five astronomers, six surveyors, seven engineers, and specialists in set design, lighting, and acoustics to the design team. The astronomers analyzed the constellations that can be seen by the naked eyes in the city during the hours when people are enjoying the outdoors. In addition, a searchlight that sends a beam from stage to sky becomes a beacon for travelers coming to the city from afar. People can determine the direction to the site by looking to the sky, navigating as their ancestors once did. These waterways were early avenues of transportation not only for Europeans but also for aboriginals. Indeed the name “Winnipeg” comes from the aboriginal word “win,” meaning muddy, and “nipee,” meaning waters. As early as 4000 B.C, people camped at The Forks as a rest stop on seasonal migration routes from the northern forests to the southern plains. Between 1734 and 1760, as European fur traders arrived, The Forks became a fur-trading outpost for First Nations peoples and Europeans. Between 1760 and 1821, the Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company competed for furs. Both fur trading companies used The Forks to store and ship supplies to trappers and furs to traders. By 1821, the competing fur companies had amalgamated into the Hudson's Bay Company. ![]() This is just to show how huge the territory the HBC, Hudson's Bay Company held Back to Celestial Matters ![]() The phases of the moon are caused by the relative positions of the earth, sun, and moon. The moon goes around the earth, on average, in 27 days, 7 hours, and 43 minutes. The sun always illuminates the half of the moon facing the sun (except during lunar eclipses, when the moon passes through the earth's shadow). When the sun and moon are on opposite sides of the earth, the moon appears "full" to us, a bright, round disk. When the moon is between the earth and the sun, it appears dark, a "new" moon. In between, the moon's illuminated surface appears to grow (wax) to full, then decreases (wanes) to the next new moon ![]() ![]() There is the steady movement of the stars but there is always the unexpected, that would cause fear or dread that the cycle of life through the seasons would be disrupted and bring death and destruction. ![]() ![]() Something could happen once in a blue moon ![]() Rare visibly blue moon with Jupiter and four of it's moons to the left When two full moons occur in any calendar month, the second is called a blue moon. The term (in its modern usage) therefore has nothing to do with the Moon's actually color. A blue moon occurs about once in 2.5 years on average ![]() Visibly blue moon The most literal meaning of blue moon is when the moon (not necessarily a full moon) appears to a casual observer to be unusually bluish, which is a rare event. The effect can be caused by smoke or dust particles in the atmosphere, as has happened after forest fires in Sweden and Canada in 1950 and, notably, after the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, which caused the moon to appear blue for nearly two years. ![]() But blue moons, and blue suns in brownish skies, do happen. One of the best-documented occurrences this century happened during September 1950, and caused a storm of flying saucer reports from Canada to England. "The skies took on strange colors; there was an eerie sort of light, followed in some places by almost complete darkness.... Shades varying from pink and orange to yellow and brown were used to describe the sky.... The sun disc when visible appeared blue or purple. As it appeared and disappeared through breaks in the clouds it seemed to be in motion -- hence the basis for the impression of flying saucers." The incident was reported thus in the scientific journal, Weather. An alternative interpretation uses the other old English meaning of "belewe" (which can mean "blue" or "betrayer").The church was responsible for the calendar and used the complex computus to calculate the important date of Easter, which is based on the full moon. Lent falls before Easter starting at the beginning of the Lent moon cycle (late winter moon). The next moon is the egg moon (early spring moon), and Easter usually falls on the first Sunday after the full egg moon. Every one to three years the Lent and egg moons would come too early, so the clergy would have to tell people whether the moon was the Lent moon or a false one, which they may have called a "betrayer moon" Calendar Two full moons in one month * 2009: December 2, December 31 * 2012: August 2, August 31 * 2015: July 2, July 31 ![]() SEASONAL VARIATIONS: Native American tribes in the northern and eastern United States provided a number of names for various full moons. They used them to keep track of the seasons. For instance, the Full Harvest Moon -- occurring this year on September 26 -- is the nearest full moon to the fall equinox, indicating the best time for the harvest. On the Full Beaver Moon, it was time to set beaver traps before the swamps froze, ensuring a good supply of pelts for winter furs. Other tribes knew it was time for spring planting during the Full Corn Planting Moon, occurring this year on May 2. ![]() ![]() Aurora Borealis Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights is a luminous phenomenon in the night sky consisting of overlapping curtains of greenish-white light, sometimes fringed with pink, appearing in the ionosphere of high latitudes. It is caused by the emission of light by atoms and molecules that are excited by beams of electrons generated by a complex interaction between the solar wind and the Earth’s atmosphere. ![]() ![]() Hale Bopp comet The auroras which occurred as a result of the "great geomagnetic storm" on both August 28 and September 2, 1859 are thought to be perhaps the most spectacular ever witnessed throughout recent recorded history. The aurora is thought to have been produced by one of the most intense coronal mass ejections in history, very near the maximum intensity that the Sun is thought to be capable of producing. It is also notable for the fact that it is the first time where the phenomena of auroral activity and electricity were unambiguously linked. This insight was made possible not only due to scientific magnetometer measurements of the era but also as a result of a significant portion of the 125,000 miles (201,000 km) of telegraph lines then in service being significantly disrupted for many hours throughout the storm. Some telegraph lines however, seem to have been of the appropriate length and orientation which allowed a current (geomagnetically induced current) to be induced in them (due to Earth's severely fluctuating magnetosphere) and actually used for communication. The following conversation occurred between two operators of the American Telegraph Line between Boston and Portland, Maine, on the night of September 2, 1859 and reported in the Boston Traveler: Boston operator (to Portland operator): "Please cut off your battery [power source] entirely for fifteen minutes." Portland operator: "Will do so. It is now disconnected." Boston: "Mine is disconnected, and we are working with the auroral current. How do you receive my writing?" Portland: "Better than with our batteries on. - Current comes and goes gradually." Boston: "My current is very strong at times, and we can work better without the batteries, as the aurora seems to neutralize and augment our batteries alternately, making current too strong at times for our relay magnets. Suppose we work without batteries while we are affected by this trouble." Portland: "Very well. Shall I go ahead with business?" Boston: "Yes. Go ahead." The conversation was carried on for around two hours using no battery power at all and working solely with the current induced by the aurora, and it was said that this was the first time on record that more than a word or two was transmitted in such manner. Such events led to the general conclusion that The effect of the Aurora on the electric telegraph is generally to increase or diminish the electric current used in working the wires. Sometimes it entirely neutralizes them, so that, in effect, no fluid is discoverable in them . The aurora borealis seems to be composed of a mass of electric matter, resembling in every respect, that generated by the electric galvanic battery. The currents from it change coming on the wires, and then disappear: the mass of the aurora rolls from the horizon to the zenith. If a flare liked that occurred now it would be catastrophic as it would take down most of the grids. These are all spectacular celestial events but not the ones I am looking for. To be continued Last edited by judykott; 06-18-2009 at 01:28 AM. |
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Let's see what else is in our night skies.
![]() Satellites by Trevor Paglen His shots of 189 secret spy satellites are the subject of a new exhibit -- despite the fact that, officially speaking, the satellites don't exist. The Other Night Sky, on display at the University of California at Berkeley Art Museum through September 14, is only a small selection from the 1,500 astrophotographs Paglen has taken thus far. In taking these photos, Paglen is trying to draw a metaphorical connection between modern government secrecy and the doctrine of the Catholic Church in Galileo's time. We know there are secret ones what about one's we know about, but never really thought about. ![]() Hexagons again WildBlue and Telesat Ka band spot beam satellite internet service North America, USA: United States, 48 US states only + Canada. Direct 2-way satellite speed internet service for home or office.Advanced technology Ka( ) band (20 and 30 GHz) using Anik F-2 at 111.1W ( we have to have 11:11 somewhere)![]() ![]() 22 degree offset ( somethings just keep turning up everywhere, they must be important)22 deg offset dish elevation angle set up pointing. The 22 degree offset means that the beam comes off the dish at an offset angle of 22 deg. With the feed at the lower edge, this means that the beam comes off the dish at a 22 deg angle upwards. So if the dish reflector itself is vertical, the beam elevation angle is 22 deg. The figure shows a "22 deg offset type" dish.The offset dish is shown set for 63 deg beam elevation angle by tilting the dish backwards by 41 deg. So if you have an angle measured 3, elevation angle measure 25 you would have 25 -3 =22 so 8:30, 13:35 and so on. ![]() IEEE (9555) satellite systems allow full earth coverage below 70 degrees latitude with ... and are separated by approximately 22 degrees. ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel4/5759/15385/00710110.pdf - Similar ![]() * External antenna for optimal Satellite reception * Installed speaker and microphone for complete Hands-free operation * Charges the GSP-1600 phone battery * Suitable for extreme conditions, operational from -22 degrees to 122 degrees Fahrenheit( )* Data capabilities - Integrated serial port for Satellite and data transmission ![]() SMART ANTENNA APPLICATION FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS hex grid pattern Applying of systems SDMA the most perspective for satellite communications systems for low (till 1500 km) and middle orbits(till 10000 km), when the signals of users achieve the satellite antenna under different angles (±22 degrees for the middle orbits). In this instance, ground level maybe split into the zones of service determined by beam pattern lobes in different directions, as shown on figure1. Here's our earthy broadcast systems ![]() The patterns and sign are everywhere. These guys are a pain in the butt. That's ok there is a remedy for that. ![]() Ultimate 22 Degree Orthopaedic Coccyx Wedge 41x41x10cm (16x16x4 inches) From ExtraComfort. BRANDNEW ON THE UK MARKET( )![]() We are getting close to a bullseye on the diamond board. Diamonds lets learn a little more about them. ![]() Did you know they have diamonds in Manitoba? ![]() I sense a road trip coming on let's leave from the Thunderbird House in Winnipeg. ![]() ![]() Thunderbird house with it's 8-pointed star ![]() I find it fascinating there is a 8 pointed star on the bottom of a brilliant,and look at all the other 888888's out the whazoo. Maybe that's why they say diamonds are forever. * The Christ, the resurrection, the baptism. *Symbol of the Redemption. * By its composition, this number is considered as perfect. *It is the number of years of papacy that would cover the prophecy of saint Malachi according to Raoul Auclair: "The oracle spreading on 888 years would distinguish a week of 777 years and 111 years of a nocturnal octave where, in the triumphant Babylone, will bloom the Mystery of iniquity. Finally, the oracle having begun with the second period of 111 years, the Church, before the Kingdom would spread on a duration of 18 times 111 years. That can be written 666 + 666 + 666. That allows also to consider 17 periods 111 years until the arrival the Day of Yahweh". This is just of few of the 888 interpretations. ![]() We have to take a V8, (V=22) since we are leaving from the Thunderbird house let's take a 55 Thunderbird. ![]() ![]() It has to be a red one as well. Let's take Provincial Road 222( ) and see where that leads us.![]() Gimli,( remember him from Lord of the Rings) an Icelandic word meaning “home of the Gods”. It was the capital of an independent colony of Icelanders who settled along the western shores of Lake Winnipeg, a second wave of Vikings came when 1,200 Icelanders came after Dyngja mountain laid waste to 2,500 sq. miles of land. Outside of Gimli we find a Thunderbird Nest the ceremonial site of the legendary Thunderbird, the guardian spirit. ![]() Traditions among the Elders include accounts of the maymaygwashi, the little people with strong spiritual powers who live in a spirit world behind the rocks. Some Elders speak of experiences when the little people allowed others to follow them into the rock to visit their world. Although these sites have frequently been called rock art sites, a better designation is sacred symbol sites, as they are often located strategically to utilize the forces of nature to enhance them. ![]() ![]() Manitoba Museum’s wax rubbing collection totals some 442 works. Wax rubbings are portrayals of images that were pecked into bedrock and exposed boulders by Native peoples through the ages. The images include a great variety of themes – people, shamans with power lines, warriors, thunderbirds, sacred and non-sacred animals, boats and images that only traditional Native Elders could interpret. These original images, called petroglyphs, are part of a trilogy of physical expressions on the landscape of important ancient events, beliefs and ideas. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Thunderbird is depicted differently by different tribes. ![]() Let's look skyward. ![]() The Great Diamond or Virgin's Diamond/Diamond of Virgo is an asterism. It is composed of the stars Cor Caroli (in Canes Venatici), Denebola (the tail of Leo), Spica (the wheat of Virgo), and Arcturus (in Bootes). It is somewhat larger than the Big Dipper. Lying within the Great Diamond is the set of stars traditionally assigned to Coma Berenices. Many nearby galaxies, including galaxies within the Virgo Cluster, are located within this asterism, and some of these galaxies can easily be observed with amateur telescopes. ![]() In Inuit of Canada astronomy, Arcturus is called the Old Man. Arcturus 1933 World's Fair The star achieved fame when its light was used to open the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. The star was chosen as it was thought that light from Arcturus had started its journey at about the time of the previous Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Technically the star is 36.7 light years away so the light would have started its journey in 1896. Edgar Cayce In a reading in which the 'sleeping prophet' describes philosophical concepts as they relate to religious tenets, Edgar Cayce mentions Arcturus. (Q) The sixth problem concerns interplanetary and inter-system dwelling, between earthly lives. It was given through this source that the entity Edgar Cayce, after the experience as Uhjltd, went to the system of Arcturus, and then returned to earth. Does this indicate a usual or an unusual step in soul evolution? (A) As indicated, or as has been indicated in other sources besides this as respecting this very problem, - Arcturus is that which may be called the center of this universe, through which individuals pass and at which period there comes the choice of the individual as to whether it is to return to complete there - that is, in this planetary system, our sun, the earth sun and its planetary system - or to pass on to others. This was an unusual step, and yet a usual one. (5749-14) Occult traditions In the astrology of the Middle Ages, Arcturus was one of the 15 Behenian fixed stars, associated with jasper and the plantain herb. Cornelius Agrippa lists its symbol Image:Agrippa1531 Alchameth.png under the alternate name Alchameth. ![]() White Dwarf Stars: Like a Diamond in the Sky The reason this star, with the obscure designation of BPM 37093 is so special to astronomers is that it has aided them in proving a theory held for decades: that white dwarf stars cool and crystallize into carbon, a giant diamond. Astronomers say the star has a diameter of 2,500 miles and weighs in at an astonishing five million, trillion, trillion pounds. That would make the diamond core ten billion, trillion, trillion carats! The largest gem-quality diamond yet found on Earth was the 3,106-carat "Cullinan" discovered in 1905. The 530-carat "Star of Africa" in the British crown jewels was cut from it. BPM 37093 is the most massive known dwarf star. Because it is so massive, the star is crystallizing on the inside while light and sound continue to pulsate from the surface. "By measuring those pulsations, we were able to study the hidden interior of the white dwarf, just like seismograph measurements of earthquakes allow geologists to study the interior of the Earth. We figured out that the carbon interior of this white dwarf has solidified to form the galaxy's largest diamond," says Metcalfe. ![]() The diamond ring effect is a feature of total solar eclipses. Just before the sun disappears or just after it emerges from behind the moon, the rugged lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through. Everything along the way ties in as you will see as we continue on our journey, every element has it's place.to be continued
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![]() As above, so below ![]() ![]() Diamond Ring Hotel in Dubai ![]() Check out this thread for more interesting architecture that they are building in Dubai http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10970 It's important for us to learn more about the structure of diamonds. Let's see all sorts of diamonds to get the full diamond deal. ![]() ![]() ![]() There's the Diamond Touch cellphone to pick up on all those signals in the air. ![]() ![]() I wouldn't use one I will have to use one of these. ![]() ![]() diamond numerology www.decoz.com/numerology_diamondtext.htm The Diamond is the most complex tool in your numerology chart and requires intuition and logic. It is similar to the I Ching, in that it reveals the interaction between your spiritual and your physical body. Referring to the illustration above, locate age 22 in the top half of the Diamond. You will find that the triangles listing ages 21-24, 14-22 and 18-26 all apply to age 22. The triangle 14-22 has the number 2 directly above it. This means that the lessons inherit to the number 2 have been an issue for at least 8 years. But our friend is leaving this triangle behind. He is almost finished with this age-period. The triangle 18-26 covers a larger period and has the number 1 at the tip. This tells us that the lessons of the number 1 will have to be dealt with during those years. However, most important is the triangle covering the age-period 21-24. It narrows the period down to a few years, with the age we are particularly concerned with in the center. The number 2 is found at the tip, and makes that the Challenge for age 22. ![]() Ocusonic A Diamond Forms Under Pressure, is an anomaly that exists somewhere between experimental film and music video, computer animation/ programming, science and art An improvised electronic soundtrack drives proprietary software, which analyzes the frequency content of the audio and generates a cogent synchronous image in real-time. Frequencies push and pull against each other stabilizing or agitating the central image. An electronic composer based in Dublin, who has lately begun to explore the world of visual music, examining a number or different techniques and process for the creation and manipulation of moving image with a cogent relationship to music. This has led to Ocusonics, the real-time generation of synchronous audio and visual material. All recent compositions are improvised live and coupled with a proprietry visual patch, each visual representation written to exemplify the tonal, timbral and structural characteristics of the piece. ![]() Manitoba Kimberlite Indicator Mineral Database (Version 3.0) The 11 IM ![]() ![]() ( Remember a diamond is compressed carbon as posted earlier) A diamond is a transparent crystal of tetrahedrally bonded carbon atoms that crystallizes into the diamond lattice which is a variation of the face centered cubic structure. Diamonds have been adapted for many uses because of the material's exceptional physical characteristics. Most notable are its extreme hardness and thermal conductivity (900–2,320 W/(m·K)), as well as wide bandgap and high optical dispersion. ![]() At left is the diamond structure in a different orientation showing the tetrahedral structure a bit more clearly. As above, carbon atoms at the corners of the tetrahedra are dark gray, those in the middle are light gray. ![]() Manmade Diamonds: Paving the Way for the Next Technological Revolution Before humans got in the game, it would take the earth a billion years to pressurize carbon into a diamond. Now laboratories at Apollo Diamond in Boston, Massachusetts can produce nearly flawless 1-carat diamonds in less than a month. ![]() Robert Linares is responsible for inventing a diamond-growing technique known as “chemical vapor deposition” (CVD). According to an article in USA Today, CVD “uses a combination of carbon gases, temperature (1,800 degrees Fahrenheit) and pressure that…re-creates conditions present at the beginning of the universe. Atoms from the vapor land on a tiny diamond chip placed in the chamber. Then the vapor particles take on the structure of that diamond — growing the diamond, atom by atom, into a much bigger diamond.” Impressive. The mass-production of lab-produced diamonds is predicted to bring with it the most significant influence on technology and how we live since the age of steel. According to SmithsonianMag.com, engineers “hope to make everything from higher-powered lasers to more durable power grids. They foresee razor-thin computers, wristwatch-size cellphones and digital recording devices that would let you hold thousands of movies in the palm of your hand.” Lets have a look at how diamonds are already re-shaping the world of technology and ultimately our everyday lives. ![]() Quantum Cryptography For as long as there have been codes there have been those who can crack them. Scientists have been experimenting with quantum cryptography for the last few years as a means for ultra-fast, ultra-secure, communication. They’ve discovered that the ultimate method to protect information would be to send it using the basic unit of light known as the photon. According to the laws of quantum physics, which dictates that by observing a quantum state you alter its behaviour, by sending info along this single particle of light, it would be impossible for anyone to stop it, copy it, or even read it without being its state being altered, and therefore detected. The only problem is that identifying, measuring and monitoring a single photon has never been possible, let alone aiming one from earth to a satellite for data transmission purposes. Until now ![]() Researchers have discovered that diamonds possess the ability to process and measure one photon at a time, a discovery which is revolutionizing quantum cryptography and the transmission of secret information. Millions of dollars are being invested in science labs around the world to produce nanodiamonds, super-tiny (a thousandth the diameter of a human hair, tiny) imperfect diamonds which when hit by the beam of a laser give off, yes you guessed it, a single photon. Once a code is encrypted within the elemental particle, cracking it without detection will be impossible. And with photon communication underway, photon torpedoes can’t be too far behind. Chemotherapy Diamonds have proven to be particularly useful for helping cancer patients on the road to recovery. Chemotherapy and radiation treatments have been very successful at destroying the quick-to-multiply cancer cells, but the drugs and radiation’s broad range of effectiveness along with their inability to distinguish good cells from bad ones, often leave patients crippled with painful and debilitating side-effects. ![]() Tiny patches of flexible microfilm laced with nanodiamonds are in development, patches which would be placed on the malignant tumour or cancerous area. The tiny particles of diamond dust gradually release the chemotherapy drugs directly into the cancer, without affecting the surrounding area. This would drastically reduce the horrible side effects endured by chemotherapy patients who are overly exposed to toxic drugs. Diamonds are compatible with human body tissues as they are “highly ordered structures, which cells like. If they didn’t, cells would become inflamed,” and they are eventually disposed of in human waste. Lasers For close to two decades now scientists around the world have been trying to harness the diamond’s ability to transmit heat and light in order to create an even more amazing super-laser. Leading his research team at Macquarie University, Richard Mildren has helped create the world’s first diamond laser. When light hits a diamond, the photons either gain or lose energy inside and create a secondary light. Employing a technique known as Raman scattering, Mildren’s team then amplifies this secondary light by reflecting it and by injecting high amounts of energy into the system, which in turn emits a laser beam. Future applications of this new diamond laser include terahertz threat detection (eg. torso scanning devices in airports), super high precision laser surgery, and of course, laser weapons. ![]() Data Storage Wants to hold a TB (1000 Giga Bytes) on a single disc? Single crystal diamond spheres are key to the next wave in data storage. To increase the storage capacity of a disk you need to decrease the wavelengths of the readout laser while increasing the numerical aperture (NA) of the focusing lens. In order to do this you need a transparent lens with a high refractive index. Diamonds are perfect as they happen to have the largest refractive index of any transparent material in the blue and ultraviolet region of the spectrum. These solid-immersion lenses or SILs will drastically increase the amount of storage available in today’s CDs and DVDs. Diamond lenses are also used in x-ray machines and vacuum chambers. ![]() Communication Before our ability to mass produce diamonds existed, harnessing their properties to improve sophisticated electronic devices was far a too expensive and impractical endeavour. But now, armed with the ability to produce diamond films in a matter of hours, companies are beginning to experiment with diamond coated cell phone components. Diamond films will hyper-accelerate the speed with which signals can transmit from one set of circuitry to another, allowing for super-fast, crystal-clear communication, literally. Tools Thanks to their virtual indestructibility, diamonds make for excellent cutting, drilling and polishing tools. In fact, only 20% of the diamonds mined today are set in jewellery, while the rest are put to work in industry. As with anything good there is equally bad possibility's. Technology Today Volumn 3 Issue 1 File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML phaser weapons and photon torpedoes that protected the ship; the large sensor array ...... development of commercial military space satellite communications. Raytheon is the ...... President of Engineering, Paul Diamond ...( )http://www.raytheon.com/technology_t...004_Issue1.pdf Maybe diamonds are not a girl's best friend after all (my new improved diamond laser lightsabre)![]() The Thunderbirds ![]() HALO/HAHO are acronyms that describe methods of delivering personnel, equipment, and supplies from a transport aircraft at a high altitude via free-fall parachute insertion. HALO (High Altitude-Low Opening) and HAHO (High Altitude-High Opening) are also known as Military Free Falls (MFF). ![]() Military freefall parachute badge HALO techniques date back to 1960 when the U.S. Air Force was conducting experiments that followed earlier work by Colonel John Stapp in the late 1940s through early 1950s on survivability factors for high-flying pilots needing to eject at high altitudes. In recent years, the HALO technique has been practiced by civilians as a form of skydiving. Let's see if they can land in this field. ![]() ![]() It's enough to make your head spin. This is pretty trippy to watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_fTB-ER_dY The 'diamond' crop circle run through the Swirlies software. ![]() Diamond Pyramid that makes me think of other kinds of Pyramids. time to take the thunderbird to the airport. ![]() ![]() ![]() Glory The scattering of sunlight by spherical drops of water causes a surprising variety of complicated optical effects, such as this phenomenon called a glory. Glories are always directly opposite the sun, centered at the antisolar point and therefore below the horizon except at sunrise and sunset. Look for them whenever mist or cloud is beneath you and the sun breaks through to shine on it. to be continued |
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Notice the grail in this image as the 5th element is being extracted.Also you can see the upside down pi-ramid in the image forming the star of V da.
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Self-correction: To be niggly, Castel Gandolfo would be further than 30km from Rome (it says above), since The Vatican is in the northwest section of Rome.
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