It isn't every day that planets line up behind a stone giant. For one thing, it helps to have a good planet line-up [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], such as occurred in the sky just last month. For another, it helps to be on Easter Island [
http://www.pbs.org/…], where over 800 large stone statues exist. The Easter Island statues [
http://www.pbs.org/…], stand, on the average, over twice as tall as a person and have over 200 times as much mass. Few specifics are known about the history or meaning of the unusual statues [
http://www.sscnet.u…], but many believe that they were created about 500 years ago in the images of local leaders of a lost civilization. Pictured above, the Moon [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Venus [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and Mars [
http://www.nineplan…] can be seen behind Ahu Tahai [
http://www.pbs.org/…], a famous Easter Island statue. The bright star Aldebaran [
http://www.astro.ui…] is also visible.
Explanation
It isn't every day that planets line up behind a stone giant. For one thing, it helps to have a good planet line-up [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], such as occurred in the sky just last month. For another, it helps to be on Easter Island [
http://www.pbs.org/…], where over 800 large stone statues exist. The Easter Island statues [
http://www.pbs.org/…], stand, on the average, over twice as tall as a person and have over 200 times as much mass. Few specifics are known about the history or meaning of the unusual statues [
http://www.sscnet.u…], but many believe that they were created about 500 years ago in the images of local leaders of a lost civilization. Pictured above, the Moon [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Venus [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and Mars [
http://www.nineplan…] can be seen behind Ahu Tahai [
http://www.pbs.org/…], a famous Easter Island statue. The bright star Aldebaran [
http://www.astro.ui…] is also visible.
Explanation
