Originally Posted by Xion

The monolith represents a Hydrogen Atom or a Berillium atom. In my LJ I made a comment about the "Four winds" referring to Neutrons, Protons, Electrons, and Photons. Four pillars representing the four parts of the atom? The only flaw here is that Hydrogen has only two parts: A single Electron zipping around a Proton...no Neutrons, and Photons are only created when the Electron gets "excited" and gives off light.