Sunday, July 17, 2011

Altamira

Some different Steely Dan, following a hint from Billy Beck:


For those who were born too late to have been able to see them directly:



The cave is in northern Spain. The paintings on the wall were done circa 15,000 BC. When I was still living in Spain the caves were open to the public and I had the chance to visit. The caves were closed to visitors in 1977 because the paintings were deteriorating from carbon dioxide in the breathing of visitors. They were reopened about five years later for a very limited number of daily visitors. Currently the waiting list is about three years long. 

I'm not sure how the Creationists would fit this into their 6,000 year old universe. But it certainly works for me to contemplate a Supreme Being. 

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