Sunday, March 12, 2006

Not The Ark

High on Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey, there is a baffling mountainside "anomaly".

Images taken by aircraft, intelligence-gathering satellites (Image at right) and commercial remote-sensing spacecraft are fueling an intensive study of the intriguing oddity. The anomaly of interest rests at 15,300 feet (4,663 meters) on the northwest corner of Mt. Ararat, and is nearly submerged in glacial ice.

Is the anomaly the remains of Noah's Ark (The boat, not the coffin that Indiana Jones found)? Some "scientists" think that it may be.

The Genesis blueprint of the Ark detailed the structure as 6:1 length to width ratio (300 cubits by 50 cubits). The anomaly, as viewed by satellite, is close to that 6:1 proportion. The anomaly dwarfs the Titanic and Bismarck in size, and equals the size of the largest modern aircraft carrier...


... Give me a break. The Ark anomaly is an example of Pareidolia.

Pareidolia is a type of illusion or misperception involving a vague stimulus being clearly perceived as something or someone. Some examples of pareidolia include seeing the image of Jesus Christ in a burnt tortilla or a tree wound; seeing the image of the Virgin Mary in a cloud or on a public toilet floor; and seeing the image of Mother Theresa in a cinnamon bun.

Under ordinary circumstances, pareidolia provides a psychological explanation for many delusions based upon sense perception. For example, it explains many UFO sightings and hearing sinister messages on records played backwards. Pareidolia explains Elvis, Bigfoot, and Loch Ness Monster sightings. It also explains numerous religious apparitions and visions.

The anomaly is an ordinary rock and ice formation, not the Ark.

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