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A river once ran through the Sahara





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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