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NASA Image Shows Enormous, Mystery Geoglyph of 'Marree Man' from Space
Newsweak ^
| 12/30/2019
| Rosie McCall
Posted on 12/31/2019 10:18:50 AM PST by BenLurkin
The Marree Man is a geoglyph spanning 2.2 miles (or 3.5 kilometers) head-to-toe, and can be found in the middle of South Australia's desert near a town called Marree, itself 365 miles (589 kilometers) from the city of Adelaide.
The image of a hunter with what might be a stick (or a boomerang) in his hand was chosen as NASA's Image of the Day on Sunday. It was taken by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on June 22, 2019.
The mysterious figure was first spotted in 1998, when a pilot noticed the carvings on a plateau, but has faded as time went on. According to NASA, the lines were barely visible in natural color images collected in 2013 by OLI on Landsat 8.
There are several theories as to who made it and why, ranging from members of the U.S. army to a local Australian artist, who died in 2002.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Science
KEYWORDS: adelaide; astronomy; australia; epigraphyandlanguage; geoglyph; godsgravesglyphs; marree; marreeman; science
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To: blueplum
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posted on
12/31/2019 2:45:56 PM PST
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blueplum
("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
To: blueplum
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posted on
12/31/2019 3:02:13 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin

Bardius Goldberg
Confirmed as the creator of the Marree Man by two people.
Click image for article.
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12/31/2019 5:05:33 PM PST
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TChad
(The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks BenLurkin. Modern, but in thousands of years its origin may be a puzzle for someone. :^)
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01/01/2020 7:32:30 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Alas Babylon!
Just checked it out... Looks like a one bar town, or did you fly out somewhere else for liberty? lol
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01/01/2020 8:26:25 AM PST
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Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Brilliant
Somewhere, just out of sight, is an excited dog geoglyph, waiting for that stick to be thrown.
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01/01/2020 8:49:21 AM PST
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Salamander
(Living On The Ledge....)
To: BenLurkin
He’s not rude.
He’s just really happy to see you.
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01/01/2020 8:51:15 AM PST
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Salamander
(Living On The Ledge....)
To: blueplum
“Looks modern era. I dont believe ancients detailed pubic hair.”
Almost sure of it... I just went and zoomed in on it and “it” looks like it may be Circumcised... Not sure the ancients Circumcised either... lol
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posted on
01/01/2020 8:54:16 AM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: BenLurkin
Thank you for posting this, right up my alley. Yep... Man bun.
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01/01/2020 9:08:58 AM PST
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Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv
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01/01/2020 9:51:04 AM PST
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Bob Ireland
(The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
To: Salamander
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01/01/2020 9:56:20 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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01/01/2020 10:10:15 AM PST
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Salamander
(Living On The Ledge....)
To: blam

Artemision Bronze
The Artemision Bronze (often called the God from the Sea) is an ancient Greek sculpture that was recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea. It represents either Zeus[1] or Poseidon
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01/01/2020 3:07:07 PM PST
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Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum!)
To: blam
The outline appears to be a mirror image of Poseidon, fed into a GPS controlled vehicle...
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01/01/2020 4:18:58 PM PST
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Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum!)
To: BenLurkin
How is this a mystery? The guy who built it was interviewed by a scientific magazine about 30 years ago
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01/03/2020 2:34:06 AM PST
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Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
To: Brilliant
Looks like a spear thrower, an atlatl were it in Mexico.
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