One Small Step for man, One Giant leap for mankind.

[Gozu]

The Mayans couldn't even predict the end of their own civilisation!

[Bully]

all/most religions have pointed to the 21st of december 2012 being the end of the world, or something will happen to us, so i guess we will see

[woodublieve12]

The Mayans forgot to take into account leap years... So technically it should have already happened...

[Bully]

20 minutes left until a total eclipse in cairns, partial currently in brisbane 618am EST

[GWW]

The eclipse is intersting, but the media/public interest seems a little over the top.

[Bully]

No one said everyone had to like it . Considering that its the last time for nearly 16 years in Australia that we will see another one then I can see why. This stuff interests me, but like I said no one said it had to interest everyone

[CENTURION]

The eclipse is intersting, but the media/public interest seems a little over the top.

yippee

[whufc]

all/most religions have pointed to the 21st of december 2012 being the end of the world, or something will happen to us, so i guess we will see

It better not interupt my daughters 4th bday party at McDonald's!!

[Bully]

would love to see a satelite, or an image of say behind jupiter or on jupiter (yes i know it will never happen), and watch all the planets crossing the sun at one time, if that has ever happened, that would the best

[therisingblues]

The bit about the size of the galaxy made me think about the nearest star to ours - Proxima centauri....

Yes, I think about ol' Proxima centauri sometimes too. I mean how's he going over there? Our nearest neighbor and all, do you think he complains about the noise ?

[therisingblues]

The Mayans couldn't even predict the end of their own civilisation!

Then again WE font know what caused the end of their civilization either.
But they did predict the arrival of "white skinned Gods" carrying "fire sticks" which can kill at a distance, who would decimate the native population, right down to the year the Spanish arrived.
Freaky stuff.

[Gozu]

I wasn't trying to put shit on them (I'm one of the few that loves Apocalypto).

[therisingblues]

That's alright, I just love a good story and your post made me think of one.
On the other hand, I saw that on a documentary years ago, and just before I searched for some verifying info on the net, only to discover that just about every site with any credibility (ie. National Geographic, scientific sites etc.) all claim there's no prediction, just that's when the calendar ends, everything that's been written otherwise is exaggeration, or fabrication to make money.
I'll let you know on the 22nd which ones were correct.