No one ever says of the Sahara that a river runs
through it. But somewhere between 11,700 and 5,000 years ago, one did. In full
flow, it would rank 11th among the largest rivers on the earth today.*
Paleoclimatologist and geochemist Charlotte Skonieczny of the French Research
Institute for Exploration of the Sea and her colleagues report the evidence for
the ancient channel in a recent issue of Nature Communications. The team
discovered the so-called Tamanrasett River when examining microwave data
collected by a Japanese satellite that had been mapping geologic features in
the area. The hidden bedrock valley winds for more than 500 kilometers from the
Atlas Mountains in northern Africa to the Atlantic Ocean. May 1; https://www.sott.net/article/317496-A-river-once-ran-through-the-Sahara
Once again in
this post we shall see how important eclipses are in terms of influencing
events on earth. Here we present the chart for the last solar eclipse of March
9 drawn for Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, where the French Research Institute
for Exploration of the Sea is based. Notice that the eclipse along with its
T-square straddles the horizon axis and is, therefore, significant for the
place. The eclipse is conjunct alpha (α)
Eridanus, Achernar, a white star
situated in the mouth of the River. The celestial river Eridanus is often
depicted flowing backwards symbolizing events from the past as in this case where the French team has
discovered the ancient Tamanrasett River.
But how can
we certain that the discovery is linked to the March 9 solar eclipse. Well if
we just progress the eclipse chart to that date, we find the progressed
Ascendant conjunct the eclipse. And since the eclipse is conjunct the alpha star of Eridanus we have an event
reported in the news connected with an ancient river.
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