Showing posts with label solar flares. Show all posts
Showing posts with label solar flares. Show all posts

Monday, March 14, 2011

Massive solar flare hits Earth tonight

 
The biggest solar flare in four years has blasted out from the sun, and is expected to reach Earth late tonight.
The flare, or coronal mass ejection (CME), was emitted on Monday at 8:56pm EST. It's been categorized as a Class X2.2 flare, the most severe type. It follows one Class M - medium-sized - flare the day before, and several low-grade Class C flares over the preceding week.
The coronal mass ejection associated with the flare is currently traveling about 900 Km/second and is expected to reach Earth’s orbit tonight at about 10pm EST. It's the biggest flare yet in the current solar cycle.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the flare in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength of 193 Angstroms - although the SDO imager was for a moment overwhelmed by the bright flash.
It emanated from Active Region 1158, in the southern hemisphere; this has in the past trailed behind the north in activity but now leads in big flares.
A flare of this size could have noticeable effects on Earth when the cloud of charged particles reaches us. It's possible that radio transmissions and GPS systems could be knocked out, and power grids could be affected.
The increased radiation will represent a small health risk for astronauts on the International Space Station and even for air passengers and crew.
But, on the upside, as the charged particles hit the Earth's atmosphere, there's likely to be an impressive display of the Northern and Southern lights which could be visible much forther from the poles than usual.

Posted on Feb 17th 2011 by Emma Woollacott TGDaily

Monday, February 21, 2011

Comet Elenin C/2010 X1


   This page will be dedicated to providing information on Comet Elenin. A lot of the information will link to other sites for references, and an attempt will be made to update it every other day. However the information may be useful to you, the sole purpose is to continually provide updated information on the current status of Elenin and any dangers that it may pose to Earth.
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2/22/2011
Comet Elenin C/2010 X1
 Is Comet Elenin The Proverbial Planet X, Or Nibiru???

2/21/2011 12:32PM
Comet Elenin Coming In Closer

NEW Updated soluation
It's been changed again...from 0.24 AU ...
NOW...projected to come in at 0.232 au from Earth on Oct 17th, 2011...

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21, 565 765 miles...(21.5 million miles)
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Was...
0.24 AU, which is...0.24 Astronomical Units = 22, 309 413 miles( 22.3 million )
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The closest possible opposition between Earth and Venus is 38 million kilometers (23.7 million miles). No planet gets closer to Earth than Venus.
2/21/2011
Comet Elenin C/2010 X1
THE CEMETERY PLANET

  Let’s take this even further, in the 1998 science-fiction disaster movie Deep Impact, an Exctinction-Level Event (ELE) is created when a 7 miles and 11 kilometres wide comet nearly destroyed the Earth. The first three letters of the word ELENIN is ELE. The protagonist and the first person that discovers the comet is called Leo Biederman, played by Elijah Wood. Now, LEO is Zodiac sign, derived from the Latin Leo and the Greek Leon and is symbolized by the Lion. Interestingly, LION is represent in Jewish Gematria with the same exact value as ELENIN – 119, where L=20, I=9, 0=50 and N=40.
  Amazing, huh?
“Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger, I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father Jor-El to save the Planet Earth.” – President Barack Obama, speaking at Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, 2008.
  What’s more, as we have documented here on numerous occasions, the African-American actor Morgan Freeman plays the President of America in the film, during this cataclysmic period. Is it a coincidence then that the current President is Barack Obama, a black man, as well. In the film the Freeman character ushers in a spacecraft called The Messiah to destroy the comet. Speaking of Messiah, it is believed in some quarters that historical figure that has come be known as Jesus Christ, was actually born on September 11. In real life, since his ascendancy to the White House, Obama has been associated with the disclosure of extraterrestrials. Recently, a Chinese news agency declared that Obama would reveal the extraterrestrial presence this year. The dominant view in ufology and exopolitics is that these extraterrestrials will help to save Earth’s ecology from destructive Earth changes and incoming comets or asteroids. Whether real or imagined, the current news headlines is pointing to it, the subtextual language from popular culture is heralding it, the exopolitical community is calling for it, and the masses have been neurologically programmed to yearn for it. It is what it is – the burgeoning reality of the imminent, momentous and pervasive convergence with the extraterrestrial narrative. Dr. Carol Rosin’s testimony, based on the predictions of the late scientist Dr. Werner Von Braun, says it all.
  The eleventh chapter of the book of Revelation in the Bible is commonly referred to as the chapter of the Two Witnesses, a story about two entities that appears during the reign of the Anti-Christ in the Biblical tribulation period. According to Christian theologians, the witnesses represents either a combination of the Old Testament prophets Elijah and Moses or Elijah and Enoch. In either case, the resonance with Elijah Woods is quite obvious.
The eleventh verse of that chapter reads as follows:
But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them.
  If I’m right, in my opinion that, religion is really the anthropomorphization or “occultification” of stars and planetary objects, then, is it possible that this verse is referring to the observation of a second light in Earth’s sky that accompanies our Sun? Is Elenin, that second light?
  This comes against the background of what is happening to Earth’s magnetic fields and the effects from the Sun, where the planet’s vibration or oscillation have been altered significantly by the frequency manipulation and transmission of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) and other scalar/weather weaponry systems from classified black projects, with longterm damages to the ionosphere and negative effects on the poles.  Is it possible that these weather weapon systems are being used to purposely alter Earth’s magnetic field? Could this have anything to do with Elenin? Also, is it possible that the orchestrated Earth changes are a gradual buildup towards a climatic encounter with Elenin? According to Spaceweather, a Coronal Mass Ejection (CMEs) hit Earth’s magnetic field today, February 4th, as a new sunspot (1152) starts growing rapidly on the Sun’s surface. In the latest update from Astrotometry, John Thomas Bryant of the Cosabio Virtual Institute believes that this CME could have pushed away the solar wind stream from the Earth that was flowing from the Sun’s coronal hole or send it to another region. In an earlier report, Bryant had indicated that that the geomagnetic disturbance should hit the Arabian Plate, but now it is believed that the deflection could cause seismic events on the Australian Plate instead.
  The recent seismograms and datasets from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the IRIS Seismic Monitor shows a lot of activity along the Pacific Ring of Fire, extending from the Arabian Plate to the Australian Plate, especially in areas like Japan, where a magnitude 6.4 hit Myanmar in the India Border Region and a magnitude 5.4 hit the Volcano Islands this morning. Activity is also seen along the North and South American Plates with moderate tremors felt as far as Hawaii, Alaska, Chile, Mexico, Oklahoma and California.

COMET ELENIN, THE HIDDEN TRUTH.




2/17/2011

Comet Elenin C/2010 X1

From a posting on spaceobs.org...

From new observations of Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin), the Minor Planet Center has published new orbital parameters. There has been a fundamental change; instead of a perihelion near Jupiter’s orbit, the comet will have an aphelion at Mercury’s orbit! Of course the new comet does not belong to the class of sungrazing comets, but it will be visible in images from the coronagraph installed on the space observatory SOHO.

C/2010 X1 comes within 0.03 a.u. (4.5 million km) of the Earth’s orbit, but only ~0.4 a.u. from the planet itself. The average distance from the centre of the Earth to the center of the Moon is 384,403 km.
While Comet Elenin's coma (the blurry part around the comet) is currently estimated at ~22,000Km. The actual comet  itself is estimated to be between ~2.5 and ~7 miles wide
The comet will increase its brightness; in August of 2011 it will be mag. 6-8. By the end of the month and throughout September the comet will be hidden from earthly observers in the rays of the Sun, but it will be easily visible in images from the cosmic coronagraph. At that time the comet’s brightness will be at maximum – about mag. 3-4 (although with passage so close to the Sun anything can be expected). By the way, at that time the comet will again be at the same equatorial coordinates where it was discovered in December of 2010.

Beginning in October, the comet will again become visible for observations from Earth; at that time its brightness will be magnitude 4-5, i.e. the comet will be visible to the unaided eye far from large cities. Visibility conditions from northern latitudes will be favorable – the tailed guest will climb into the northern sky. After that, C/2010 X1 will slowly become fainter and move away from the Earth. By the beginning of 2012 its brightness will be around mag. 11-12.
A list of planetary bodies showing the scale magnitudes is shown below for comparison.

  1. The Sun. No surprise here. The Sun shines at magnitude -26.7. Technically, the Sun can't even be looked at without optical aid when it is at its brightest. Sunrise and sunset are the best times to view our closest star.
  2. The Moon. The moon varies in brightness depending on what phase it is in. At its full phase when it is the brightest, it tops out at magnitude -12.6, and in a crescent phase it is about a -6.
  3. Venus. As with all the other solar system objects, Venus varies in brightness depending on a number of factors, including how close it is to Earth and what phase it is in. Venus can shine as brightly as -4.7 and is frequently referred to as the Evening Star or the Morning Star.
  4. Mars. Mars is the second closest planet to Earth after Venus, but it does not often reach its maximum magnitude of -2.9. Its reddish-orange hue helps to distinguish it from other planets.
  5. Jupiter. This gas giant is often brighter than Mars and at its maximum shines almost as bright, at magnitude -2.8.
  6. Mercury. Surprise! The rarely seen Mercury shines more brightly than Saturn at its best. Mercury can reach -1.9 magnitude but because of its position near the Sun, it does not get to be seen high in the night sky. Its brightness is often offset by the fact that you are viewing the planet near sunrise and sunset.
  7. Saturn. Saturn, which is stunning in a telescope sporting wide rings, is also a fairly easy catch without optical aid. At magnitude 0.7 it outshines most stars.
  8. Ganymede. Ganymede is the largest moon of Jupiter. Keen eyes can spot it circling Jupiter when the satellite is at its brightest, approximately 4.6 magnitude.
  9. Vesta. This asteroid, which was the fourth asteroid to be discovered, can reach magnitude 5.4 at its closest approach to Earth. Because it does not have a brighter sky marker, as Ganymede has with Jupiter, it is best to watch for it a couple nights in a row to see which dim "star" in the area appears to slowly move.
  10. Uranus. The seventh planet from the Sun appears at magnitude 5.5 at its best. Uranus is best picked up with the naked eye after first pinning down its location with binoculars or a telescope. It has a disk instead of a pinpoint image through an optical device and may even appear faintly bluish green.

2/16/2011
Comet Elenin C/2010 X1

Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin) is a long-period comet discovered by Russian astronomer Leonid Elenin on December 10, 2010 at International Scientific Optical Network's robotic observatory near Mayhill, New Mexico, U.S.A.

C/2010 X1 will come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 10 September 2011 at a distance of about 0.48 AU. On 16 October 2011, the comet will pass within about 0.23 AU (34,000,000 km; 21,000,000 mi) of the Earth[2] at a relative velocity of 85,000 km/hr.[2] This relatively bright comet can reach 6th magnitude on September-October 2011.
Given the orbital eccentricity of this object, different epochs can generate quite different heliocentric unperturbed two-body best-fit solutions to the aphelion distance (maximum distance) of this object. For objects at such high eccentricity, the Suns barycentric coordinates are more stable than heliocentric coordinates. Using JPL Horizons with an observed orbital arc of only 68 days, the barycentric orbital elements for epoch 2020-Jan-01 generate a semi-major axis of 470 AU and a period of approximately 10,300 years.[1] Wikipedia



  On October 18 2011, Comet Elenin is expected to pass thru Earths orbital plane. The question that is being asked is “how much debree from this comet will strike Earth”. Also, the greater question is exactly how close will it come to earth?
  Well it is known that it will pass relatively close to earth, optimistically it will be at a safe distance. Pessimitically?,,,, well draw your own conclusion on that. Below is a screen shot showing Comet Elenin as it is expected on October 18 2011, passing just ahead of our planet Earth.



This is an actual simulation that is run on nasa.gov. Go to the site, run the simulation for yourself.
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=C%2F2010%20X1;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb
  There’s an apparent international news blackout on this recent astronomy discovery. Other amateur astronomers wonder why, and are now weighing in with their opinions. At least one video states the comet will be visible to the naked eye by August of 2011. Adding to the uncertainty is the fact that the actual closest distance  that Comet Elenin will pass by the earth is being re-calculated frequently, and gets smaller with each recalculation.





Sunday, February 20, 2011

Triangle UFOs, UFOs near the sun, Jerusalem UFOs, Others,,

  These are a few video clips that I managed to grab off of Youtube recently, thanks to the watchful eyes of the guys on AboveTopSecret's forum.
  As one person mentioned, it is odd the location of most of the triangle UFOs. Also the fact that the triangle ones appear to be taking on other ship or pods. As one guy stated on my favorite forum, could one reason be that for reasons unknown (or known) they are leaving Earth? Comet Elenin, hint, hint. There certainly have been a rash of these sighting with more frequency






 

 


 As the videos continue to mount, as usual, I will try to upload them here and provide the links for them.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Immense Solar Flare to Cause Northern Lights Show, Interference with Communications

Feb 17, 2011; 1:38 AM ET
  The sun has been and continues to be extremely active, unleashing solar flares from a sunspot region that was barely visible last week. The sunspot has grown in size to more than 62,000 miles across, a width nearly eight times the width of our Earth.
  The first flare was categorized by the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado as a Class M6.6. Then on Monday, a more intense X2.2 occurred. This was the strongest flare reported in four years. These flares will ramp up the displays of northern lights for sky-watchers living in northern latitudes and lucky enough to have clear skies. Click here for a description of the classes of solar flares.
  The M6.6 is described as "moderate" in intensity, and the X2.2 is described as a "major" event. The X2.2 is already causing disruptions to satellites and communications systems. NOAA's prediction center has forecast the possibility of additional solar flares from the same sunspot region over the next two or three days.
AccuWeather Astronomy Fanpage (please join by clicking here) follower Mark Combellack said...
"(This is the) latest blurb from the space weather folks at NOAA... 'This is the calm before the storm. Three CMEs (coronal mass ejections) are en route (and) all (will be) a part of the Radio Blackout events. The last of the three seems to be the fastest and may catch both of the forerunners about mid to late day tomorrow, February 17. Watch this space for updates on... the impending -- G2, possibly periods of G3 -- geomagnetic storming'."

This is from the National Weather Service office in Fairbanks, Alaska:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER IN BOULDER COLORADO ANNOUNCED A HIGH PROBABILITY OF A SIGNIFICANT GEOMAGNETIC STORM OCCURRING THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20.
GEOMAGNETIC STORMS USUALLY LAST 24 TO 48 HOURS... BUT SOME MAY LAST FOR MANY DAYS. GROUND TO AIR... SHIP TO SHORE... SHORTWAVE BROADCAST... AND AMATEUR RADIO ARE VULNERABLE TO DISRUPTION DURING GEOMAGNETIC STORMS. NAVIGATION SYSTEMS LIKE GPS CAN ALSO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. IMPACTS IN ALASKA COULD BE MODERATE WITH THIS EVENT.
An image obtained Feb. 16, 2011 from NASA, shows a pair of active regions on the sun put on quite a show over a three-day period (Feb. 7-10, 2011) as seen in extreme ultraviolet light from the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) spacecraft.
  As mentioned above, with major flares there is the possibility of problems with radio communications after the eruption. The China Meteorological Administration is already reporting jammed shortwave radio communications. On March 10, 1989, a coronal mass ejection erupted from the sun and reached the Earth's surface. The currents from this event entered some power grids and caused a power overload in Quebec, triggering a power outage for millions of Canadians that lasted for hours.
  The United States is extremely vulnerable to coronal mass ejections for two reasons:
(1) The high power grids that we use to transmit power would attract currents caused by coronal mass ejections and would ruin transformers.
(2) We depend on power for things like sewage treatment, running water and many other life-supporting infrastructures. The loss of power for days or weeks could cause major problems for many Americans.

  Parts of the northern United States and Britain may see the Northern lights Thursday night. According to the NY Daily News, "...for the United States, the most likely outcome from this latest space storm could be a colorful night sky over New England and even parts of New York State."
Hopefully this solar event does not cause any major problems but it is definitely something to watch.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Comet Elenin?

Comet Elenin is coming!



Source: SOTT
www.sott.net...


It is called Elenin since it was discovered by Leonid Elenin. I expect the internet to soon be ringing with rumors and news bytes about this comet.
1. It is too early to accurately predict the future path - it's orbital parameters haven't been revised.

2. Among the observable hyperbolic and parabolic comets (those that come from the Oort cloud) this one has the smallest perihelion distance and the smallest inclination to the ecliptic plane.

3. Comet Elenin's orbit may be unstable as it may encounter some dark bodies, for example, in the asteroid belt or even some Taurid objects. What would happen in those cases is a matter of luck.

4. This comet may carry a significant amount of material with it and if it follows the currently projected orbit, the Earth may very well pass through this material.

5. If Elenin is anything like what Victor Clube or James McCanney describes, we might be in for some surprises - good or bad, who knows?


When this was first discovered in December last year it was calculated that it would pass 8.8 Au (8.8 times the distance of the Sun form us) away. Now today the orbital calculation is down to 0.24 Au with a minimum as low as 0.15. This is being re-calculated all the time and could get even closer but it depends what it encounters in the Oort belt.

The Moon is 0.00256 Au form us to give you a comparison.

You should be aware the this comet could bring debris with it and we will pass through the debris trail – if it exists – around the 6th November 2011. Could this new long period comet (?) be the origin of the stories of Nibiru?




You can look at all the technical details here: Jet Propulsion Labs small-body database browser. This also has the _javascript animation from which that image was taken.

It is definitely something to be watching out for and I shall try and keep this thread updated with information as the closest approach draws nearer.

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