From Spaceweather: Sunspot Activity. (Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011) Excerpts:
New sunspot 1149, circled below, is crackling with C-class solar flares. This spot didn't exist barely a day ago, but now it is a growing sprawl more than 100,000 km across.
The magnetic field of sunspot 1149 is jumbled, with positive (+) polarity pressing against negative (-) polarity in many places. This could set the stage for magnetic reconnection and solar flares; NOAA forecasters estimate a 10% chance of strong M-class eruptions during the next 24 hours. Readers with solar telescopes are encouraged to monitor the region for explosive developments.
(Note: There was no mention if these potential flares would be earth directed or not.)
Couple the webbot data with Patrick Geryl's theory of "Solar Winding" on precisely the day predicted. If a big flare pops off, the possibility of forecasting sunspots becomes a bit clearer, and a little more concrete.. And a little ominous. If Geryl and the webbots are correct, solar activity is about to begin a serious uptick.
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Happy Anniversary, Norway Spiral!
Has it really been a year since you appeared? You captured our imagination, inspiring believers and debunkers alike, and generally making a worldwide phenomenon of yourself. So it's hardly surprising that one year later, you're back, making a cameo appearance in this year's Most Sensational Event: Wiki Leaks. And no one's more suited to write about you(again!!) than the Order of Sorcha Faal, a bunch of Russian nuns, or David Booth(I don't know) on their/his site What Does It Mean. Awesome; truly.
Norway Spiral, you are the inter dimensional event/failed missile test our dreams. Thanks for the laughter and the tears, but mostly.. for the weirdness.
Norway Spiral, you are the inter dimensional event/failed missile test our dreams. Thanks for the laughter and the tears, but mostly.. for the weirdness.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Jupiter's Missing Cloud Stripe Bounces Back Big Time
From Space dot com..
The dark brown stripe of clouds on Jupiter that disappeared from view last year is reappearing.
Astronomers confirmed Wednesday (Nov. 24) that the gas giant's South Equatorial Belt (SEB), one of two distinctive dark stripes formed by the planet's cloud chemistry and winds, is coming back. They attributed the return of the view to a shift in Jupiter's cloud cover.
The dark brown stripe of clouds on Jupiter that disappeared from view last year is reappearing.
Astronomers confirmed Wednesday (Nov. 24) that the gas giant's South Equatorial Belt (SEB), one of two distinctive dark stripes formed by the planet's cloud chemistry and winds, is coming back. They attributed the return of the view to a shift in Jupiter's cloud cover.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Hubble Ultra Deep Field 3D
Amazing and humbling video of a scientific "gamble" researchers made by pointing the Hubble Telescope at an "empty" part of space. The resulting pictures and 3D rendering show otherwise. We as humans cannot and will not ever be able to grasp the scale of the Universe, the expanse of Infinite, or the concept of Heaven, as it relates to an Infinite Universe.. These pictures prove that.
And we will continue to grasp, struggling.
And we will continue to struggle, grasping..
And we will continue to grasp, struggling.
And we will continue to struggle, grasping..
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Ancient Mars: "The Water Planet"
From The Daily Galaxy. Excerpts:
"We can now say that the planet was altered on a global scale by liquid water about four billion years ago." - John Carter of the University of Paris
Minerals in northern Mars craters observed by two NASA orbiters suggest that a phase in Mars' early history with conditions favorable to life occurred globally, not just in the south.
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In recent years, the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found clay minerals that are signatures of a wet environment at thousands of sites in the southern highlands of Mars, where rocks on or near the surface are about four billion years old. Until this week, no sites with those minerals had been reported in the northern lowlands, where younger volcanic activity has buried the older surface more deeply
And:
CRISM Principal Investigator Scott Murchie of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, said that the findings aid interpretation of when the wet environments on ancient Mars existed relative to some other important steps in the planet's early history.
The prevailing theory for how the northern part of the planet came to have a much lower elevation than the southern highlands is that a giant object slammed obliquely into northern Mars, turning nearly half of the planet's surface into the solar system's largest impact crater. The new findings suggest that the formation of water-related minerals, and thus at least part of the wet period that may have been most favorable to life, occurred between that early giant impact and the later time when younger sediments formed an overlying mantle.
With each new discovery, with every advancement in knowledge, those outlandish theories about Mars don't sound as far fetched as they once did..
"We can now say that the planet was altered on a global scale by liquid water about four billion years ago." - John Carter of the University of Paris
Minerals in northern Mars craters observed by two NASA orbiters suggest that a phase in Mars' early history with conditions favorable to life occurred globally, not just in the south.
..
In recent years, the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found clay minerals that are signatures of a wet environment at thousands of sites in the southern highlands of Mars, where rocks on or near the surface are about four billion years old. Until this week, no sites with those minerals had been reported in the northern lowlands, where younger volcanic activity has buried the older surface more deeply
And:
CRISM Principal Investigator Scott Murchie of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, said that the findings aid interpretation of when the wet environments on ancient Mars existed relative to some other important steps in the planet's early history.
The prevailing theory for how the northern part of the planet came to have a much lower elevation than the southern highlands is that a giant object slammed obliquely into northern Mars, turning nearly half of the planet's surface into the solar system's largest impact crater. The new findings suggest that the formation of water-related minerals, and thus at least part of the wet period that may have been most favorable to life, occurred between that early giant impact and the later time when younger sediments formed an overlying mantle.
With each new discovery, with every advancement in knowledge, those outlandish theories about Mars don't sound as far fetched as they once did..
Thursday, November 11, 2010
This Week In Tipping Point..
BBC News - Violence at student protest outside Tory headquarters. (Video link)
NASA's Fermi Telescope Finds Giant Structure in our Galaxy(Video)
Astronomers find giant, previously unseen structure in our galaxy(Article)
Ireland's crisis flares as investors dump bonds
Chinese bond agency cuts U.S. debt rating (For those who might not know, This is BIG..)
Multiple independent lab tests confirm oil in Gulf shrimp..
2010 Food Crisis for Dummies
Very Clear Night Pyramid Over Turkey 11-05-2010
Mount Merapi Earthquake Hits Indonesia
Three days until The Tipping Point.. How will it all play out?
NASA's Fermi Telescope Finds Giant Structure in our Galaxy(Video)
Astronomers find giant, previously unseen structure in our galaxy(Article)
Ireland's crisis flares as investors dump bonds
Chinese bond agency cuts U.S. debt rating (For those who might not know, This is BIG..)
Multiple independent lab tests confirm oil in Gulf shrimp..
2010 Food Crisis for Dummies
Very Clear Night Pyramid Over Turkey 11-05-2010
Mount Merapi Earthquake Hits Indonesia
Three days until The Tipping Point.. How will it all play out?
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