snapshots of the polar configuration
The following images are reconstructed aspects of a dynamic sequence of visual events, purportedly observed by early man in the polar skies about 3,000 BCE. The entire sequence appears to represent the disintegration process of a giant comet causing extraordinary auroral phenomena and has given rise to mythology, ritual, traditional iconography and, in the wake of these, civilisation as a whole. I reserve the exclusive right on these images, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Marinus van der Sluijs, Kingston-upon-Thames
last updated November 2002
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1: vapour
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2: transitional phase
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3: circular orb and enclosure |
4: oval orb and enclosure
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5: (red) orb
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6: circular dyad (split) and enclosure |
7: oval dyad (split) and enclosure |
8: dyad (split) and enclosure (oblique view) |
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9: tetrad and orb
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10: tetrad, orb and enclosure |
11: tetrad, orb and split enclosure |
12: turning tetrad and orb |
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13: bulbous tetrad, orb and enclosure |
14: bulbous tetrad, orb and split enclosure |
15: triad and orb
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16: turning triad and orb
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17: triad, orb and enclosure |
18: streamers and orb
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19: streamers, orb and enclosure |
20: streamers, orb and split enclosure |
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21: annular fragments (bulbs) and orb |
22: bulbous heptad and orb |
23: bulbous heptad, orb and enclosure |
24: red orb and white orb |
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25: expanding enclosure and orb |
26: concentric rings and orb |
27: split concentric rings and orb |
28: split concentric rings and orb |
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29: revolving split concentric rings and orb |
30: revolving split concentric rings and orb |
31: revolving split concentric rings and orb |
32: revolving split concentric rings and orb |
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33: revolving split concentric rings and orb
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34: split of the concentric rings, orb and vapour outflow |
35: expanding split concentric rings and orb (hourglass) |
36: expanding split concentric rings and orb (hourglass) revolving |
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37: straight cylindrical axis |
38: bifurcated straight cylindrical axis (Y) |
39: triple straight cylindrical axis |
40: orb and bifurcated straight cylindrical axis |
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41: orb and bifurcated straight cylindrical axis |
42: orb and triple straight cylindrical axis |
43: zigzagging (spiralling) axis |
44: helical (spiral) axis
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45: straight cylindrical axis enclosed by helix |
46: symmetrically intertwining double helix |
47: asymmetrically intertwining double helix |
48: asymmetrically intertwining double helix |
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49: conical straight axis
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50: conical helix (spiral)
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51: conical straight axis enclosed by helix |
52: split cylindrical axis
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53: segmented cylindrical axis |
54: segmented cylindrical axis |
55: segmented cylindrical axis |
56: segmented cylindrical axis and orb |
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57: segmented cylindrical axis and orb |
58: segmented conical split axis and orb |
59: two orbs and straight cylindrical axis |
60: scattering of orb and fragments |
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61: square enclosure and orb |
62: square enclosure, tetrad and orb |
63: square cylindrical axis |
64: square cylindrical axis, tetrad and orb |
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65: square conical axis (four-sided pyramid)
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66: square conical axis (four-sided pyramid), tetrad and orb |
67: orb and tetrad (triad)
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68: split concentric rings with bulbous streamers and orb |
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69: axis, enclosure and orb |
70; axis, enclosure and orb |
71: axis, enclosure and orb |
72: spiralling axis, enclosure and orb |
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73: split axis, enclosure and orb
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74: split axis and enclosure, new axis and orb |
75: split axis and enclosure, new axis and orb |
76: split spiralling axis and enclosure, new axis and orb |
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77: split spiralling axis and enclosure, new axis and revolving orb |
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