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- From: isaak@aurora.com (Mark Isaak)
- Subject: Re: Yet Another Saturn Myth Variant
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.153931.2681@aurora.com>
- Summary: Coral and the Once Hollow Earth
- Reply-To: isaak@aurora.com (Mark Isaak)
- Organization: The Aurora Group
- References: <1993Jan21.062150.19564@trl.oz.au> <C17wwC.1Et@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 15:39:31 GMT
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- In article <C17wwC.1Et@athena.cs.uga.edu> keck@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul) writes:
- >Fossil coral records, specifically from the Devonian period, show annual and
- >daily growth rings (as do modern corals). These clearly point to a year
- >made of about 380 days
-
- At first glance, this may seem to contradict the Once Hollow Earth
- Theory. After all, if the Earth were Once Hollow, giving it a greater
- radius, then conservation of angular momentum says it should rotate
- slower, giving fewer days per year, not more. The mistake lies in
- making the uniformitarian assumption that ancient coral would show
- only one growth ring per day. Even today, there are many parts of the
- world which have two high tides per day, and tides would undoubtedly
- affect coral growth. The Devonian coral was likely subject to such
- tides, so its growth rings actually show only 190 days per year--proof
- that the earth once rotated much slower than now, and a strong
- indication of its once hollow status.
-
- Is there other evidence of the Earth's rotation rate changing? Yes.
- The Mayans, in addition to their 365-day astonomical calendar, had a
- 260-day civil and ceremonial calendar. Why else would they have a
- calendar of such a length if not as a holdover from days when the year
- really was 260 days long? The Mayans also have a rich heritage of
- legends about an underground civilization in the earliest days of
- humanity. It is no coincidence that their 260-day calendar is tied
- in with events from those legends.
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- Mark Isaak "Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every
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