Memento on the Moon

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'A monolith is discovered buried on the Moon. When sunlight strikes it for the first time in ages, it emits a piercing signal—aimed toward Jupiter. It’s like a cosmic alarm clock, triggered when humanity reaches the Moon'.

Quote and Scene from '2001: A Space Odyssey' an epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.

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On the moon a monolith stands on watch. Searching for signs of humanoid arrival. It is the sentinel for Earth's Gaia's cousin 'Yahah'. The living God that protects the moon. It sweeps up the dust of footprints defacing its moon face persona. It confounds the signals of alien craft trying to land, so they crash. It is a tower of Babel confusing conversations. Destroying hope of foreign civilizations from polluting, defiling, destroying, scaring, and corrupting lunar landscapes and sacred ways of life. Beware the Looming Tower of Yahah It will be Your Eternal Undoing!

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