Ararat Anomaly Photo Released

To follow up on an old story, a satellite photo of the so-called “Ararat Anomaly” has been released (see 08/23/2001 entry).  The photo taken by the Quickbird 2 satellite shows what is most likely a rock ridge.  Some hunters for Noah’s Ark were eager to see high-resolution photos of this area; others thought whatever it is, it is in the wrong place.  See World Net Daily and Live Science for the picture.

This is probably nothing but a rock ridge.  The most serious ark researchers deny this object has anything to do with the ark.  It will take extraordinary proof to find Noah’s Ark, even if it could have survived at all.  Still, let the search continue.  Better to know than to speculate endlessly.  Publicity and confirmation are not one and the same.  SETI and astrobiology people need to remember that, too.