Actually Pete, a quick bit of research reveals that the Inuit do have a calendar!
Science Break | October 2018 | CSEG RECORDER
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As of when?
So the link you provided states they developed "oral" calendars specific to clans/regions. This is what I was suggesting
So the link you provided states they developed "oral" calendars specific to clans/regions. This is what I was suggesting
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Perhaps you've seen the documentary Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change from 10 years ago, Pete.
New documentary recounts bizarre climate changes seen by Inuit elders - The Globe and Mail
New documentary recounts bizarre climate changes seen by Inuit elders - The Globe and Mail
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I watched David Attenborough's 'Great Barrier Reef' yesterday. One of the episodes shows him discussing an aboriginal dance that describes how the sea came in and covered their hunting and fishing grounds which were where the GBR is now. Scientists have now discovered that the whole area was once marsh and wetlands and would have been a hunter gatherer paradise. Then the polar ice caps melted at the end of the last ice age, the whole region was inundated within a human lifetime and became the GBR, which is only about 10 000 yrs old.
The fact that the story above has persisted for 10 000 years in aboriginal culture I find absolutely fascinating. I would imagine Inuit culture will have similar folklore.
The fact that the story above has persisted for 10 000 years in aboriginal culture I find absolutely fascinating. I would imagine Inuit culture will have similar folklore.
I have not. Thanks for the link. So I suppose the rest of the flora and fauna are also fooled by this apparent illusion? Because their "calendar" which is comprised of seasonal timing cues has also been altered.
You've got to go to just over 42 minutes in to get to the Earth has changed its tilt sequence and hear what the Inuit really had to say.
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I am not going to spend too much time on crackpot theories about the Earth's Axis changing... nor UFO's, nor Bill Gates implanting us with microchips with Vaccines. Life is too short! 😀
Angular Momentum is always conserved, so the Earth's Axis cannot change without a corresponding change to the Moon's angular momentum. QED.
The Earth's Axis does precess over a period of 26,000 years. This means what is currently our North Star, Polaris was not always our North Star. In times gone by, even lovely Vega has done duty as North Star.
Way I figure it, if you lived in Portsmouth 13,000 years ago, Splendid Scorpio would be high in the sky in winter. Orion would have dipped below the horizon. Sirius too would be invisible.
Sorry about the poor image, but I always check this stuff with Patrick Moore's old book. The Observer's book of Astronomy. 🙂
Angular Momentum is always conserved, so the Earth's Axis cannot change without a corresponding change to the Moon's angular momentum. QED.
The Earth's Axis does precess over a period of 26,000 years. This means what is currently our North Star, Polaris was not always our North Star. In times gone by, even lovely Vega has done duty as North Star.
Way I figure it, if you lived in Portsmouth 13,000 years ago, Splendid Scorpio would be high in the sky in winter. Orion would have dipped below the horizon. Sirius too would be invisible.
Sorry about the poor image, but I always check this stuff with Patrick Moore's old book. The Observer's book of Astronomy. 🙂
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Indeed, we should stick to verifiable scientific facts.
But even Patrick Moore was known to wander off topic! 😀
It would be fairly unbelievable if the Earth's axis not changed with mass redistribution, don`t you think?
Surely you jest. If we did that this thread may have been only theoretically started.🙄
I covered the effect of mass redistribution on the Earth's spin axis drift earlier when I supplied this link:
Scientists ID three causes of Earth's spin axis drift – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
The position of the Sun as observed in the sky is worthy of further discussion.
Suppose you mounted a camera pointing up into the sky and took a picture once a week at noon, never moving the camera between shots.
The attachment shows what you would see if you stacked all the images on top of one another.
So, what's going on here?
Suppose you mounted a camera pointing up into the sky and took a picture once a week at noon, never moving the camera between shots.
The attachment shows what you would see if you stacked all the images on top of one another.
So, what's going on here?
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Bit of a fanciful picture IMO.
Hawaii is on the Northern Tropic of Capricorn, about 23.5 degrees North of the equator, so the sun would be overhead at Noon in summer. It would be at 43 degrees up at Noon in winter.
The loopy 8 shape does surprise me though. The sun is always at it's highest, dead south AFAIK. And that is at noon, 12.00. 😕
I didn't have to. I have studied before. Your graph is on axis. Check the rest of 179x179 degres and you will understand.
But its OT here...
HNY!!
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That graph is an LR4 24dB/octave style:
Above and below axis you get a suckout at crossover. It only outputs half power to the room at crossover. It also noticeably has an impedance peak at crosover.
Butterworth is 18dB/octave and when phase aligned produces a 3dB peak. Surprisingly the power output to the room is flat. The impedance is also flat. The trick is to use 90 degree phase at crossover, then the frequency response on axis is also flat.
An MTTM style is an even better idea IMO, here done with a ribbon in effect, cylindrical dispersion giving that nice PA sound:
Of course, you trade off lobing for combing. BW3 has a very natural delivery IMO. The BBC were keen on it. HNY to you too.
Above and below axis you get a suckout at crossover. It only outputs half power to the room at crossover. It also noticeably has an impedance peak at crosover.
Butterworth is 18dB/octave and when phase aligned produces a 3dB peak. Surprisingly the power output to the room is flat. The impedance is also flat. The trick is to use 90 degree phase at crossover, then the frequency response on axis is also flat.
An MTTM style is an even better idea IMO, here done with a ribbon in effect, cylindrical dispersion giving that nice PA sound:
Of course, you trade off lobing for combing. BW3 has a very natural delivery IMO. The BBC were keen on it. HNY to you too.
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Do you also think that NASA publishes fanciful pictures?
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