Arthur C. Clarke's Alien Monolith


	Arthur C. Clarke's Alien Monolith

revenantdm

7-3-2008 12:39 PM

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space, anomaly, ridge, iapetus, saturn, 2001, space odyssey

revenantdm says:

I do not claim the veracity of this story... I always repeat my Mantra: "I am a Collector of Curiosities..." Well, this struck me as few things could as definitively Curious.
If anyone has seen hard evidence (like NASA site photos) then let me know right now I will say it is interesting..

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