Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of Chile is truly an astronomers paradise with its stunningly dark, steady and transparent sky. The barren Atacama Desert is home to some of the world’s leading telescopes. Operated by the European Southern Observatory (eso.org) the Very Large Telescope (VLT) is located on Paranal, composed of four 8 m telescopes which can combine their light to make a giant telescope by interferometry. Four smaller auxiliary telescopes, each 1.8 m in aperture, are important elements of the VLT interferometer. This footage is made during an imaging expedition to Paranal assigned by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). All video rights reserved by Christoph Malin (christophmalin.com) and Babak Tafreshi (twanight.org/tafreshi) of The World at Night (TWAN) program ( twanight.org). The inside observatory video is contributed by Stephane Guisard (astrosurf.com/sguisard). The music is by Carbon Based Lifeforms (carbonbasedlifeforms.net). Song Arecibo extract from the album [Twentythree], write & produced by Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Segerstad, published by Ultimae (ultimae.com). PEACE AND LOVE to all
Category: Graham Hancock
Terence Mckenna ~ Culture Is Not Your Operating System
Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946 — April 3, 2000) was an American writer, public speaker, psychonaut, ethnobotanist, art historian, and self-described anarchist, anti-materialist, environmentalist, feminist, Platonist and skeptic. During his lifetime he was noted for his knowledge of psychedelics, metaphysics, plant-based entheogens, shamanism, mysticism, Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, biology, geology, physics, phenomenology, and his concept of novelty theory and Timewave Zero and 2012. PEACE AND LOVE to all
2012 ~ No More Secrets
The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. ~ John F. Kennedy PEACE AND LOVE to all vid posted here originally: youtu.be
2012 ~ The Evolution of Consciousness
“It’s clearly a crisis of two things: of consciousness and conditioning. We have the technological power, the engineering skills to save our planet, to cure disease, to feed the hungry, to end war; But we lack the intellectual vision, the ability to change our minds. We must decondition ourselves from 10000 years of bad behavior. And, it’s not easy.” – Terence McKenna PEACE AND LOVE to all
Graham Young’s Urban Jazz Guerrillas perform Chameleon
Graham Young’s Urban Jazz Guerrillas perform Herbie Hancock’s Chameleon with Rod Mason on sax and percussion.