Full storyAccording to an Old English manuscript chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons, a mysterious "red crucifix" appeared in the "heavens" over Britain one evening in A.D. 774. Now astronomers say it may have been the supernova explosion that sprinkled unexplained traces of carbon-14 in tree rings that year, halfway around the world in Japan.
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Supernova Witnessed by Anglo Saxons?
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Rowan
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Supernova Witnessed by Anglo Saxons?
I'm curious to know if any of our authors here who have written about this time period have read any reference to this "sky crucifix".
[quote=""Rowan""]I'm curious to know if any of our authors here who have written about this time period have read any reference to this "sky crucifix".
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I found the comments to be much more informative.
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I found the comments to be much more informative.
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LoveHistory
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[quote=""LoveHistory""]Me too.
Would have been nice to see some kind of idea of why a cross shape was formed.[/quote]
Perhaps a meteorite blew up in the atmosphere, and the explosion went in four different directions? It would have to be much smaller than the 1908 Tunguska event, though, because otherwise it would devastated England, and that definitely would have rated more than a single line in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle!
There's no conclusive proof that the carbon-14 deposits in Japan and the cross-shaped fire in the heavens in England had anything to do with each other.
Would have been nice to see some kind of idea of why a cross shape was formed.[/quote]
Perhaps a meteorite blew up in the atmosphere, and the explosion went in four different directions? It would have to be much smaller than the 1908 Tunguska event, though, because otherwise it would devastated England, and that definitely would have rated more than a single line in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle!
There's no conclusive proof that the carbon-14 deposits in Japan and the cross-shaped fire in the heavens in England had anything to do with each other.