Showing posts with label American Samoa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Samoa. Show all posts

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Polynesian Nazca Lines In South America

The Nazca lines in Peru have befuddled scientists and archaeologists for decades. Theories range from Alien space travelers to ancient Peruvian tribes.

Until now, no researcher has approached the Nazca Lines from a Southeast Asian religious conceptual point of view. That view, practiced by Hindus today, embraces a sky deity who reigns over multiple layers of heavens, each populated by humans, animals and birds.

Polynesians were believers of the sky god, Tagaloa, and his eight layers of heavens who guided them safely beyond the horizons during their voyaging travels.

In their belief, still relevant today, whales, sharks, turtles and birds were messengers of Tagaloa and the spirits of their ancestors who guided them across the oceans.










The Nazca images reflect those beliefs. The ancient Polynesians, stranded in the Peruvian desert appealed to Tagaloa for spiritual messages and a safe return to their islands.

Watch this 2:36 video explanation of  the Polynesian drawings at the Nazca Lines.




Sunday, September 1, 2013

Jean Michel Cousteau visits American Samoa: The 300m Exosuit

He described his visit to American Samoa's coral reef atoll, Swains Island, as a "jewel of the ocean".

He implored a group of young students to learn the lessons his generation never knew. He said the oceans can not be a trash bin of humanity or the universal sewer of the world.

And that the exosuit will enable explorers like himself to retrieve the plants and animals of 300 meter depths to stir science, create new medicines and spur economies built around preserving the ocean environment.

But his most impassioned declaration to his young audience was that, "I will never let you down" in the quest for a cleaner, protected ocean environment.



Watch as Jean Michel Cousteau describes his newest
conquest: Diving to depths of 300 meters for periods
of more than one hour in the exosuit.


















Thursday, June 27, 2013

American Samoa Joins O3B Global Broadband Network


The American Samoa Telecommunications Authority begins medium orbit global satellite broadband service for its customers in November 0f 2013.

O3B broadband service rivals fiber optic cable networks in speed, capacity and efficiency. O3B service costs are substantially more economical for small and medium customers.

As an early adopter, American Samoa places herself in the forefront of a communications revolution which brings broadband to more than 3 billion people in remote and developing areas of the globe.

 The O3B broadband connection will lead American Samoa into a new economic development era."










Vision became reality June 24th when the Soyuz rocket carrying  the first 4 of 20 communications satellites were successfully placed in orbit.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Sea Terns in Flight, New Age Consciousness

The ancient Polynesians touched nature and led their sustainable lives in touch with nature.




Feel that connected experience. Be alone for a moment; touched and belonging.



Calming, relaxing, reflective, inspiring American Samoa.


Three minutes of solitude.