Doomsday diary: Follow the Maya non-apocalypse
Winter Solstice Arrives in Northern Hemisphere by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License
JibJab reviews the bizarre events of 2012, which look a lot like omens of the apocalypse. By Alan Boyle During the buildup to 12/21/12, some people added an extra solstice twist to the Maya doomsday myth, contending that the precise time of the end of the world would be 11:11 UTC, or 6:11 a.m. ET. That's because the turnover date of the Maya Long Count calendar also happens to be the date of the December solstice, when winter starts in the Northern Hemisphere and summer begins in the Southern Hemisphere. Well, the solstice has occurred, and we're all still here. What good is an apocalypse without a Twitter account? Mayan Apocalypse (@kabooooooooom) has just chimed in with its first tweet: "Sorry everyone, running a bit late." While we're waiting for further updates from Chichen Itza and elsewhere, check out JibJab's hilarious year-in-review video, with an end-of-the-world theme.
Keywords:
Cosmic Log Alan Boyle extra solstice twist Maya doomsday myth Maya Long Count Cosmic Log community Cosmic Log page apocalypse controversial dwarf planet Mayan Apocalypse JibJab Chichen Itza Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Twitter account bizarre events turnover date end-of-the-world theme precise time Facebook page Science newsletter science editor new worlds Google+ presence updates NBCNews.com omens UTC buildup tweet Pluto weekday people a.m. bit calendar winter summer good kabooooooooom http://cosmiclog.msnbc.com/2012 video stories space TechPeople:
Alan Boyle
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.832256
Additional Info:
Company: JibJab
Overall Sentiment: -0.0799697
Relevance: 0.780808
Disambiguation: VentureFundedCompanyReferences:
Company: Twitter
Overall Sentiment: 0.0812994
Relevance: 0.645546
Disambiguation: Website | VentureFundedCompanyReferences:
Company: Facebook
Overall Sentiment: 0.454126
Relevance: 0.35628
Disambiguation: Website | VentureFundedCompanyReferences:
URL Header Details
Source URL: http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/2012
Site Provided Title:
Site Provided Keywords:
Site Provided Desc:
Site Provided Title:
Doomsday diary: Follow the Maya non-apocalypse
Site Provided Keywords:
Site Provided Desc:
Millions of people are watching to see what happens as the Maya calendar flips over to a new age. We're bringing you updates from the non-end of the world.
No comments:
Post a Comment