End of the World 2012 movies may use images of natural phenomenon for scary effects
This image is a full-disk view of the X-ray Sun and was produced by the Yohkoh solar observatory in 1991. The structures that can be seen consist of large and hot (>2MK) coronal magnetic structures. This particular image, one of millions, shows a quite active corona from near the maximum of the solar cycle. At the upper right (solar northwest) one can see an “X-ray jet”) squirting outwards – this was one of Yohkoh’s original discoveries.
Today I watched a number of online videos about the End of the World 2012. They tend to be emotionally gripping. Scary.
Because of the sophistication of their special effects, they appear to be factual. I wonder if these online movie-makers obtain some of their images from NASA.
I used to work at NASA under contract as a photojournalist. The photographic images I took for NASA could NOT be copyrighted. Here’s an excerpt from the NASA website describing use of “Still Images, Audio Recordings, Video, and Related Computer Files:”
NASA still images; audio files; video; and computer files used in the rendition of 3-dimensional models, such as texture maps and polygon data in any format, generally are not copyrighted. You may use NASA imagery, video, audio, and data files used for the rendition of 3-dimensional models for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits, computer graphical simulations and Internet Web pages. This general permission extends to personal Web pages.
The online NASA article goes on to say that NASA needs to be acknowledged as the source of the image or video, except in the case of advertising. In commercial or advertising uses, the article says that use of these images or videos “must not explicitly or implicitly convey NASA’s endorsement of commercial goods or services.”
I don’t know where these scary End of the World 2012 videos are getting their special effects videos, but they could come from the vast store of public domain images from NASA.
For example, I saw End of the World 2012 videos about solar flares as if it was absolutely certain that during the solar maximum of 2012 (now extended to 2013), all electrical activity, including the infrastructure of the modern world–our water pumps, our lights, our gas pumps to fuel our cars–everything–would be rendered destroyed by this imminent solar flare.
To back up this assertion, the video used fantastic images of solar flares, similar to the image in this blog post of the “X-ray Sun.” This image was taken during a solar maximum of the sun’s 11 year sunspot cycle. These 11-year cycles have been going on forever but were first discovered in 1905.
The reality is that this image was taken in 1991. We have survived for 21 years after this solar event. When images like these are used to frighten people for an emotional effect in a video, the fictional narration can make it sound as if the video is happening right now. But who knows when the actual image was taken.
Yes, the sun definitely looks very scary in the photo. But, the sun is scary. It is a raging gigantic hydrogen fire as are many stars. This is what the sun looks like as observed at the Yohkoh solar observatory through very specialized scientific instruments.
My suggestion is to remember that these scary videos with scary images may be using images that were originally made to explain natural phenomenon.
Carol Chapman, director/producter of the End of the World 2012 Movie, Book, and EBook.
Continue readingSurvey says 12 percent of Americans fear the end of the world on December 21, 2012
The IPSOS survey commissioned by Reuters News says that 20% of people in China, 13% in Russia, and 9% in Canada agree strongly or somewhat with the statement that “the Mayan calendar, which some say ‘ends’ in 2012, marks the end of the world.” The results were released in May 2012.
When I first saw these statistics, I was still working on editing my End of the World 2012 Movie. The results of the survey spurred me on to continue with the movie and also write an ebook and book on the topic.
Carol Chapman, author of End of the World 2012 EBook
Continue readingExcellent NASA video on End of the World 2012 and Planet X Nibiru
One of my main motivating reasons for making the End of the World 2012 Movie, Book, and EBook is my concern that many people truly believe that the Mayan prophecies say the world is going to end on December 21, 2012. I set out to find out the truth about the Mayan Calendar and the 2012 prophecy.
NASA is also concerned. According to NASA senior scientist David Morrison, he says that:
he gets messages from young people as often as once a week, some of them saying they’re so scared they’ve contemplated suicide.
US government asks people to calm down, says the world isn’t ending on December 21st
Please check out the excellent video at the above link which is on Yahoo! News Canada in which Morrison debunks the “fantasy” books on Planet X Nibiru with scientific fact.
Carol Chapman, author End of the World 2012 EBook
Continue readingThanks for downloading my End of the World 2012 EBook
Last weekend, Amazon featured my End of the World 2012 EBook for a free promotion. I appreciate everyone who downloaded that Kindle book during the promotion period. As a result, the book became a #1 Best Seller in the Mexican travel category for Kindle ebooks.
This matters a lot to me, because the higher the ranking on Amazon, the more likely people will find the book on the first page when they do a keyword search.
I want people who are confused or curious about 2012 and especially those who are afraid that the end of the world is imminent to find the book. It is a good antidote to the many sensational books that are fueling the fear that the world may be ending this month.
Carol Chapman, author of End of the World 2012 EBook
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Mayans say Guatemala government promotes 2012 doomsday myth for profit
A Discovery News article says that since nothing sells like fear, the supposed end of the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012–only 17 days away–has been blown out of proportion and misinterpreted mainly for profit.
It turns out that the Maya in Guatemala feel unhappy with their government for promoting a massive Doomsday Event, and tour groups are having a field day with “End of the World 2012” tours.
But this time, the anger isn’t directed at the West’s “messianic thinking,” Maya leaders have accused the Guatemalan government of perpetuating the myth that the Mayan Long Count calendar predicts the end of the world for financial gain.
“We are speaking out against deceit, lies and twisting of the truth, and turning us into folklore-for-profit. They are not telling the truth about time cycles,” Felipe Gomez, leader of the Maya alliance Oxlaljuj Ajpop, told the AFP news agency.
I find it refreshing to see that the actual Maya are speaking out against the perpetuation of the misinterpretation of their ancient Mayan prophecies.
Carol Chapman, author of the End of the World 2012 EBook
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Inspirational Quote Sunrise and Moonrise
May every sunrise hold more promise, every moonrise hold more peace.
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Problem with Mayan end of the world 2012 December 21st date caused by difference between Venus or meteor
UC Santa Barbara associate professor Gerardo Aldana says that if the correlation of the Long Count Calendar date was correlated to a meteor event rather than to a cyclical Venus event, the End of the World 2012 Mayan prophecy date could be off by at least 60 days from December 21, 2012.
One of the key events described by Aldana is a battle date as set by the ruler of Dos Pilas (a Maya site in the current geographical location of Guatemala). Ruler Balaj Chan K’awiil chose this date by the appearance of Chak Ek’. According to John Normark, researcher at the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Stockholm University, Chak Ek’ “used to be believed to be Venus but in another study Aldana believes it is a [meteor].”
Carol Chapman, author of the End of the World 2012 EBook
Continue readingThe Riviera Maya is in Quintana Roo in the Yucatan Peninsula
The Riviera Maya is located along the northern Caribbean coast of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo
In the map on the right, the Riviera Maya is the northern part of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The Riviera Maya extends along the extreme eastern coast of Quintana Roo along the Caribbean Sea (also on the right).
The popular Mayan ruins of Coba and Tulum are in Quintana Roo as well as the modern tourist towns of Playa del Carmen and Cancun.
Carol Chapman, author of the End of the World 2012 EBook.
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Inspirational Quote from Henry David Thoreau, “It’s not what you look at . . .”
Close up of Impatiens flowers with raindrops
it’s what you see.
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Free End of the World 2012 EBook on Amazon now
End of the World 2012 EBook
The End of the World 2012 EBook is available on Amazon for free as a Kindle download from Wednesday, November 28th, to Sunday, December 2nd, 2012. It’s available right now!
The End of the World 2012 EBook, is the memoir of author and filmmaker Carol Chapman to discover the truth about the 2012 Mayan prophecies.
Concerned with rampant end of the world fears fanned by misleading reports, Chapman uncovers the truth surrounding this mysterious 2012 date. She examines expert sources to determine if the Mayan calendar does actually end on December 21, 2012 and even includes recent archeological discoveries released in April and June of 2012.
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