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tains of madness elder things at the mountains of madness bas reliefs cryptobiosis elder things h p lovecraft tardigrades flubnow being essentially asexual immortal beings the elder things are not constrained by specific life cycle functions and are not overly concerned with reproduction in addition their ability to enter into cryptobiosis over extremely long periods of time and under very adverse environmental conditions means the elder things are uniquely adapted to survive in interstellar space elder thing by sadan vague www sadania artstation com previously we hypothesized that the elder things may use dark matter and or dark energy to propel themselves through space additionally we know from their discovery in antarctica that they go into a cryptobiotic state for long periods of time thus it is not surprising that they would remain in such a state for millennia drifting thorough interstellar space such a mode of existence is a very energy efficient means of colonizing other ecosystems or in their case planets a wide variety of organisms behave in a similar manner such as phytoplankton invertebrates and plants e g seeds in addition we are familiar with at least one multicellular organism that can survive the rigors of space the tardigrades a tardigrade tardigrades also known as water bears are water dwelling multicellular micro animals of the phylum tardigrada these organisms have been found in hot springs and on the top of the himalayas in polar regions and the deep sea they are some of the most resilient terran organisms tardigrades can survive extreme temperatures pressures a absence of oxygen dehydration high amounts of radiation they can withstand 1 000 times more radiation than any other terran animal and a complete lack of food in fact tardigrades are so resilient that they are one of the few groups of organisms to have survived all five of earth s mass extinctions thus its not surprising that tardigrades are the first known animal to have survived when exposed to outer space one reason for the high degree of resiliency in the tardigrades relative to the exposure of high amounts of radiation in space is its unique damage suppressor protein called dsup which suppresses the frequency of dna breaks associated with high amounts of radiation it may be possible that among the many unique adaptations e g extremely tough but flexible hide the potential ability to utilize dark energy dark energy the elder things have its own set of dsup proteins that allow them to survive drifting through space as intergalactic plankton the tardigrade hypsibius dujardin i an immunofluorescent micrograph according to dyer early bas reliefs found in the mountains of madness represented the preterrestrial life of the elder things on other planets in other galaxies and even in other universes more on this in a future article additional bas reliefs indicated that they arrived on a nascent lifeless earth although based on estimates of when the elder things arrived on earth the world already had life but it was only microbial in nature the elder things were said to have filtered down from the stars when earth young however while the elder things may have possessed an entire array of adaptations to survive in a cryptobiotic state drifting through space until they arrived on a habitable world based on the bas reliefs as the pleistocene drew on the elder things had lost track of the ability to travel through space bas relief of the spawn of cthulhu found in the mountains of madness www propomicon blogspot com through the centuries the elder things experienced a war with the spawn of cthulhu as well as a number of rebellions of their shoggoth creations thus by the time the inter dimensional mi go arrived on earth the elder things wanted to leave the planet in search of other worlds for colonization however when they attempted to leave earth they found it no longer possible to leave the earth s atmosphere whatever the old secret of interstellar travel had been it was now definitely lost to the race this passage is extremely interesting in that it makes it difficult to accurately describe just exactly how the elder things traveled through space elder thing by steve maschuck based on earlier accounts of their complete lack of dependence or interest in mechanical devices we know their ability to travel through space is not based on technology while space travel may be more of a biological adaptation their essentially immortal status and the general absence of sexual reproduction indicates that more than likely the elder things did not loose the ability to travel through natural selection as least based on the way we understand how terran evolution operates thus i hypothesize that interstellar travel was more of a cultural trait or ability that was known and shared amount the elder things cultural traits which are not evolutionary in nature that are past from one generation to the next in humans include language and writing thus interstellar travel may have been a cultural trait in the elder things elder thing art for sandy petersen s cthulhu wars the colony of elder things that reached earth and remained on the planet for millions of years had no need to travel through interstellar space and so not only forgot how to travel through space but even how to leave the planet s atmosphere thus over time this ability or knowledge was simply lost at least to those who colonized the earth however their inert resiliency was not entirely lost since they could still live in the deep ocean depths and still put themselves into a state of cryptobiosis for millions of years next time we will review how other colonies of elder things not only retained their ability to travel through space but also learned how to travel through higher dimensions to other universes thank you fred view all 4 comments cryptobiosis in elder things part 2 traveling through interstellar space november 25 2018 at the mountains of madness aether at the mountains of madness cryptobiosis dark energy dark matter elder things ether h p lovecraft huygens flubnow they were the great old ones that had filtered down from the stars when earth was young the beings whose substance an alien evolution had shaped and whose powers where such as this planet had never bred from h p lovecraft s at the mountains of madness at the mountains of madness by the hp lovecraft historical society in addition to withstanding the cool desiccated conditions of antarctica the bas reliefs and illustrations in the catacombs of the mountains of madness provided evidence that the elder things were extraterrestrial in origin in fact it was documented that the elder things traveled to other planets and galaxies and even visited other universes additional illustrations indicate that the elder things could travel through interstellar space on their vast membranous wings propelled by the ether also known as aether ether was once thought to be some type of material found throughout space which allowed light to pass through christiaan huygens hypothesized that as sound waves travel through air and mechanical energy can travel as waves through water light waves needed to travel through some type of media huygens described this semi physical material as aether and it allowed light to travel even through the vacuum of space however the michelson morley experiment of 1887 provided evidence that light was not traveling through a luminous aether by the 1920s a sufficient amount of experimental evidence accumulated to indicate light did not need the aether to travel through space christiaan huygens so what are we to make of lovecraft s proposed hypothesis that the elder things propel themselves through space with ether in lovecraft s day the hypothesis of the ether was already largely regarded as not a valid interpretation of how light travels through space however in spite of the scientific evidence for the absence of the aether this material took on an almost metaphysical status for example in modern science and materialism a book written by hugh samuel roger elliot and known to have a large impression on lovecraft s philosophical and cosmic view it is stated the aether of space makes no impression on our senses and its more rapid vibrations cannot be perceived yet we can easily understand that they exist and in our mind s eye see the ultra violet rays which our bodily eye is blind to thus based on this metaphysical viewpoint just because we cannot perceive or measure it at least not yet does not mean it does not exist a reality existing beyond our earth bound senses was a theme in many of lovecraft s tales including at the mountains of madness an alternative hypothesis to the utilization of aether as a means of interstellar transportation has been that the elder things use dark matter and or dark energy as a means of propulsion however it should be emphasized that dark matter or dark energy is not simply a replacement for aether as explained by sean carroll aether was a theoretical idea that could not be verified with experimental evidence in sharp contrast dark matter and dark energy are observations in the universe that physicists would love to ignore but can t http blogs discovermagazine com cosmicvariance 2012 06 08 dark matter vs aether dark matter is a new but currently undetectable kind of matter that appears to be required to explain how galaxies spin with our understanding of gravity dark energy is a strange force that causes the universe to expand at an accelerated rate calculating the cosmos by ian stewart 2016 elder thing by tom ardans the reluctant consideration of dark matter originates with trying to explain why galaxies in the coma cluster move substantially faster than they should under newtonian gravity specially based on the observed rates of movement the galaxies should fly apart and the cluster should dissolve again based on newtonian physics since they don t something else must be holding the cluster together currently the leading hypothesis for this observation is the presence of dark matter dark energy is thought of as an anti gravity field which is driving the galaxies apart parallel worlds by michio kaku 2005 in addition dark matter and dark energy combined account for 96 of the mass energy density of the universe our normal baryonic matter only accounts for about 4 of the total mass density in the universe thus while as humans we have difficult time measuring or imagining what dark matter and dark energy are the elder things with senses beyond our five may be able to recognize quantify and thus utilize these dark forms of mass energy maybe the elder things utilize dark matter as a sort of fuel powering their interstellar sails wings and dark energy is a form of biological anti gravity drive that propels them through the cosmos however even with such exotic forms of matter and energy it is doubtful that the elder things could travel faster than the speed of light while certain factions of the elder things are known to utilize inter dimensional travel as cited in the dreams in the witch house more on that in a later article it appears that the majority of them travel through interstellar space since the elder things seem to be essentially immortal largely through their asexuality and have an extremely tough yet flexible outer skin it is more than likely that the majority of their time is spent passively drifting in space in an inactive cryptobiotic state next time we will talk about the elder things cryptobiotic state in space thank you fred elder thing by henning ludwigsen www henningludwigsen com leave a comment journal of lovecraftian science volume 3 funded november 11 2018 h p lovecraft in the walls of eryx journal of lovecraftian science science h p lovecraft in the walls of eryx journal of lovecraftian science science the curse of yig flubnow with a little more than a day to go we hit the threshold where we will be adding a chapter and illustration on the curse of yig one of several of lovecraft s revision tales in the journal of lovecraftian science volume 3 in addition to the journal we are also offering a chapbook on the ecosystem of lovecraft s venus in in the walls of eryx shown below is an early illustration for that tale by steve maschuck who will be providing all illustrations if you are still interested in the kickstarter there is about a day left and it can be found at https www kickstarter com journal of lovecraftian scien again thank you to everyone who has contributed fred leave a comment cryptobiosis in elder things part 1 antarctica november 4 2018 at the mountains of madness antarctica at the mountains of madness cryptobiosis elder things h p lovecraft flubnow 10 15 p m important discovery orrendorf and watkins working underground at 9 45 with light found monstrous barrel shaped fossil of wholly unknown nature probably vegetable unless overgrown specimen of unknown marine radiata tissue evidently preserved by mineral salts tough as leather but astonishing flexibility retained in places from h p lovecraft s at the mountains of madness illustration by pete von sholly the passage cited above is the first time in the cthulhu mythos that the elder things were referenced and described a total of 14 specimens were found 8 being in perfect condition meaning all of their appendages were intact the elder things were first described as fossils again with tissues replaced by mineral salts and were estimated to be found in geologic deposits from the late cretaceous or early eocene period approximately 66 to 56 million years ago a number of times the elder things were described as tough as leather and yet very flexible thus while not explicitly described the elder thing fossils may have been perceived more as mummified remains rather than simple fossils such well preserved mummified fossils are extremely rare but are discovered from time to time for example in alberta canada an extremely well preserved nodosaur a type of ankylosaur was found providing some of the best preserved examples of dinosaur skin and armor www smithsonianmag com 15 may 2017 exhibit of a mummified nodosaur once the elder thing specimens were brought to the field camp it appears that an increase in temperature of their immediate surroundings contributed toward reviving them other environmental factors may have contributed toward this including exposure to an oxygenated atmosphere and sunlight however more than likely it was the rise in temperature once the specimens were taken to camp to be thawed and dissected that resulted in the revival of the elder things illustration of fossilized elder things by howard v brown for astounding stories the elder things may have been in a state of cryptobiosis when discovered by members of the miskatonic expedition cryptobiosis was first defined by david keilin in 1959 as the state of an organism when it shows no visible signs of life and when its metabolic activity becomes hardly measur...