symical: Mercury, Venus, and Saturn align with the Pyramids of…
Mercury, Venus, and Saturn align with the Pyramids of Giza for the first time in 2,737 years on December 3, 2012
i’ve never reblogged anything so fast
Of _course_ you reblogged it fast. It seemed meaningful and compelling, and you’ve evolved a brain that rewards you for the propagation of things that seem meaningful and compelling. So has everyone else on Tumblr, which accounts for the fact that this currently has upwards of half a million notes.
But the image is fake. Clearly fake, for anyone who’s familiar with what planetary conjunctions actually look like in the sky. Details, as usual, at Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/science/astronomy/giza.asp
It’s not bad to be moved by an image. But the actual night sky is full of wonders that weren’t created in Photoshop, and it makes me a little sad that so many people never bother to look at the real thing.
Reposted from http://lies.tumblr.com/post/69391984897.
Tags: tumblr lies.
