X-rays shine new light on mystery 'bird'

Is it a bird? Is it a dinosaur? Or something in between? The feathered limbs of Archaeopteryx have fascinated palaeontologists ever since Charles Darwin's day. Now these precious fossils are going under the glare of a giant X-ray machine - to find out what lies buried beneath the surface. Using a new "camera obscura" technique - inspired by Leonardo da Vinci - scientists have captured some of the clearest ever images of Archaeopteryx. For the first time, they can see the complete skeleton in 3D. Not just the surface outlines, but all the hidden bones and feathers too. They hope to discover how "the first true birds" evolved from feathered dinosaurs and took flight. The new tests are taking place at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, at the foot of the French Alps.

In the past, large fossil slabs were too bulky to be scanned in a synchrotron light source - a type of particle accelerator which generates high-energy X-rays. But now scientists here are experimenting with a clever new trick, inspired by a very ancient and simple idea - the pinhole camera. BBC; May 22

The  solar eclipse  [8ta52]  of April 29, was placed in the  mundane 12^th house at Grenoble, France. This house rules things that are hidden or secret..  And some of that secret can be hidden in the “mists of time”. With the stars of Cetus, the monster  and Eridanus, the “river of time” here, Diana Rosenberg associates this area with “dinosaur events” and supports it  with the following events that took place under transits to these stars.

In 1822, when Mary Mantell discovered some of the first (aquatic) dinosaur bones in Sussex ; in 1992 when the FBI seized tyrannosaur bones in an ownership dispute and in 1996 when the NY museum opened a new Hall of Dinosaurs etc.

Diana Rosenberg links the stars on the MC [14aq] to the study of several sciences including paleontology [2] -  the scientific study of prehistoric life .  This includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments .

Finally, progressing the chart by the solar quotidian method, brings the MC to the conjunction with Neptune [7pi08]  on May 22, the date of the news item. Once again, Diana Rosenberg links this area with “fossil and archaeological discoveries”

Can all this really be a coincidence and what does it say about our discoveries…can they take place without the stars “allowing” them?  And we are not finished as yet. Notice that the eclipse with Mercury is square the MC and opposite the TNP Poseidon. Mars [11li] is trine the MC [13aq]. Regular readers will know that aspects to angles are of crucial importance as they add very specific details.  Mars is conjunct the stars of in the Crow’s wing and  China’s Great Red Bird. Finally, among other things, Martha Wescott associates  the TNP Poseidon with light and x-rays so that the details fall perfectly into place!

[1]  Secrets of the Ancient Skies (v.1, p.138-151)

[2]  Secrets of the Ancient Skies (v.2, p.593)

[3]  Secrets of the Ancient Skies (v.2, p.692)