Solar Flare 2012 – Will the Ancient Mayan Doomsday Prophecy Be Fulfilled?
Time marches on, bringing us closer and closer to the auspicious date that many believe will bring us to time’s end: December 21, 2012. Many sources indicate that this date will prove to be a significant one in our earth’s history. Of these, the best known is arguably the Mayan Long Count Calendar which ends precisely at 11:11 AM Universal Time on Winter Solstice, 2012. The ancient Mayans were brilliant mathematicians and astronomers who measured the movement of patterns made by the planets and stars with an accuracy that has since been verified by modern computer programs. Scholars believe that Mayan observation of the heavens led the ancient civilization to acknowledge a future astronomical event of such magnitude that the world as we know it would end. Can it be simply a coincidence that most researchers agree that the year 2012 will see the greatest solar flare activity in almost 15,000 years? A quick comparison of Mayan and modern interpretations of coming solar events will help c