Equinox arrived at Saturn


	Equinox arrived at Saturn

amgumen

8-14-2009 7:39 PM

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8-15-2009 3:33 AM

Rustee

Somehow I don't think the Mayans (or historical civilization of choice) had this in their calendar or aligned their monuments by it.

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