We may as well put it out of our minds that Stanley Kubrick would have directed any of the potential sequels to “2001: A Space Odyssey.” We all know he refused “2010: The Year We Make Contact” (despite a subtle prodding from Arthur C. Clarke to do so without collaborating) and likely wouldn’t have been […]
Tag Archives: Monolith
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Apr
Apr
Xenosaga and it’s related games, the trilogy for the Playstation 2 and the original Xenogears, are filled with religious, science fictions, and other allusions. Some are subtle, but others are very obvious, it just depends on the extent of the knowledge of the player. The following are some of the most stunning, and important, and […]
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Jan
Jan
Uluru, or Ayer Petra as it was known to the Aboriginal people, was described by the early European explorer, Ernest Giles, as a remarkable stone in 1872. Uluru is the second largest monolith in the world, second only to Mount Augustus, also in Australia! The crater is 7386 feet high, and extends about fifteen hundred […]
Covering an area of 4795 hectares and stretching eight kilometers, stands Mt Augustus, the world’s largest monolith (rock). The summit of this rock stands 717 meters above the bushland floor in Monte Augusto National Park. How Augustus was called Mt The first European man to climb this massive rock called Mt Augustus. Franciscus Gregory was […]