Vivid images reveal an ancient, dried-up river system on Mars that stretches 435 MILES

ESA released stunning images of an ancient river in Nirgal Vallis that once flowed on Mars

By studying the surrounding craters, the branching remains are said to be between 3.5 and 4 billion years old

Detailed images of Mars reveal an ancient river that once flowed on the red planet.

Spanning nearly 435 miles across the surface, the valley stream is named Nirgal Vallis and experts said it was shaped by flowing water and impacts.

By exploring the characteristics of the surrounding craters, the European Space Agency has estimated the system’s age to be between 3.5 and 4 billion years old.

Spanning nearly 435 miles across the surface, the valley stream is named Nirgal Vallis and experts said it was shaped by flowing water and impacts

The valley, deemed one of the largest on Mars, sits south of the planet’s equator, which experts believe was ‘shaped by a mix of flowing water and impacts: events where rocks sped inwards from space to collide with the Martian surface,’ the Europe Space Agency (ESA) shared in a press release.

The images were captured by a spacecraft’s High Resolution Stereo Camera, which the ESA has employed to map the entire surface of Mars in full color and high resolution.

The area in the picture shows the western end of the river system, where it is slowly spreading out and dissipates.

http://www.thunderbolts.info/velikovsky-ghost.htm

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‘Talbott and Thornhill do not accept Velikovsky’s specific chronology of events, and they place the age of planetary upheaval just prior to the flowering of monumental civilization, which they see as a creative act of human REMEMBERING. Rather than declare Velikovsky to be categorically “right” or “wrong”, they cite these claims as crucial to any assessment of Velikovsky’s contribution to science—

1. The present order of the planets is new. In geologically recent times the planetary system was unstable, and at least some planets moved on much different courses than they do today.

2. Erratic movements of the planets led to global catastrophe on Earth.

3. Through rigorous cross-cultural comparison of the ancient traditions, an investigator can reconstruct the celestial dramas.

One more principle must also be included, according to the authors. Velikovsky said that the key to reconciling his claims with scientific theory would be ELECTROMAGNETISM, a force in which astronomers and cosmologists had no interest in 1950. He stated that if the Sun and the planets are not the “electrically neutral” bodies astronomers assume, then even “the law of gravitation must come into question.”’

"... Velikovsky began to wonder if some extraordinary natural event might have played a part in the Exodus."

One point: since the Hebrews tell us God did these 'natural occurrences' I would presume the precision of the destructive shower of brimstone at places like Sodom argues for these being not so natural occurrences. Rather the Hebrews were showing the precise use of natural 'Physics' to accomplish His purposes.

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