In the catalog of lunar anomalies published by NASA in 1968, 579 observations of KLA are given, carried out during the last 4 centuries, which have not yet been explained by natural causes.
The phenomena are described as various luminous points, spots and geometric shapes (on November 26, 1956, a body in the form of a luminous Maltese cross was observed) of various colors, moving on and over the surface (casting a shadow) at different speeds and along different trajectories (including complex ones). alone or in geometric formations; changes, disappearance and appearance of small relief elements: craters, walls, ditches; dust jets and clouds.
The phenomena are unevenly distributed and gravitate towards certain areas. In the early 90s. a student at Tokyo University Yasuru Mitsushima, using a video camera connected to a large amateur telescope, recorded the movement through the lunar disk of shadows cast by large objects.
In 1994, the American space station Clementine transmitted 2 million images of the lunar surface with previously unavailable resolution. In various parts of the Moon, numerous complex structures were identified that were too correct for natural formations: straight shafts, dips and elevations of a polygonal shape, a "wheel" with a 5-ray "star" in the center, mesh structures, symmetric formations, geometric formations of luminous points, towers.
Colonization of new regions often began with small, deserted and unnecessary coastal islands. Having settled on them, in a place convenient for communication, but safe from local residents, the colonists began a systematic seizure of territories inland, using this island as a rear and a transshipment base. Sometimes the colonization of such islets, from which the vast surrounding territories were controlled, turned out to be much more cost-effective than the complete capture of these territories. Allowing to "milk" large regions, targeted colonization did not require the cost of maintaining and managing them.
At the beginning of the 16th century. the famous Portuguese viceroy of India Afonso d'Albuquerque, who laid the foundation for the centenary domination of Portugal in South Asia, far-sightedly measuring the goals and real possibilities of further colonization, wrote in his will to his king: “If you want to firmly rule India, continue to act so that I could support myself. This wise advice was followed over the centuries not only by the Portuguese themselves, but the Dutch, British and French who followed them, who did not dare to invade the interior of the country, confining themselves to capturing strongholds on the coast and neighboring islands, which allowed them to control foreign trade. Great Britain decided on the complete colonization of the country and only at the end of the 18th century.
The capture of China by the European metropolises began with worthless coastal islands and towns, which were turned by foreigners into strongholds and large shopping centers, often from scratch. The colonization of China did not pass into the phase of continuous territorial conquest - the Europeans considered it irrational to conquer and hold such a huge and densely populated country and preferred to control it from these anchor points at a safe distance. The most famous of these colonial cities are: Macau - captured by Portugal in 1520, Hong Kong - captured by Great Britain in 1842, Guangzhouwan - captured by France in 1898, Port Arthur - captured by Russia in 1898 and Japan in 1905 g.
Little about. Manhattan (Manhattan) at the mouth of the river. The Hudson, which began the colonization of North America, was bought in 1626 by the Dutch governor Peter Minnewith from the Vaping tribe for f60 trinkets, estimated by some modern sources at $ 24. It is believed that it was the insecurity of mainland settlements from attacks by local residents that forced the colonists to choose a coastal island for this purpose. The colony "New Amsterdam" founded on it later became the center of the largest city in the world - New York.
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