the perfect solar storm

Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:26 pm » by **Dirtyrabbit**

Leaks Found in Earth's Protective Magnetic Field
posted: 16 December 2008 03:20 pm ET
Scientists have found two large leaks in Earth's magnetosphere, the region around our planet that shields us from severe solar storms.
The leaks are defying many of scientists' previous ideas on how the interaction between Earth's magnetosphere and solar wind occurs: The leaks are in an unexpected location, let in solar particles in faster than expected and the whole interaction works in a manner that is completely the opposite of what scientists had thought.

http://www.livescience.com/space/081216 ... break.html

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The findings have implications for how solar storms affect the our planet. Serious storms, which involved charged particles spewing from the sun, can disable satellites and even disrupt power grids on Earth.
The new observations "overturn the way that we understand how the sun's magnetic field interacts with the Earth's magnetic field," said David Sibeck of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., during a press conference today at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
The bottom line: When the next peak of solar activity comes, in about 4 years, electrical systems on Earth and satellites in space may be more vulnerable.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0 ... break.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIr6nfwpctA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22H0iiMwjac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBYGPUpxVco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRI34cV-xXY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01EdXTjzhvE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-RM-DCJ6K0

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1104676713

Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:27 pm » by **Dirtyrabbit**

Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:38 pm » by **Inhdi**

Might find this of interest:

Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth

Oct. 30, 2008: During the time it takes you to read this article, something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn't believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth to the sun 93 million miles away. Tons of high-energy particles may flow through the opening before it closes again, around the time you reach the end of the page.

Read on here:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/30oct_ftes.htm

Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:43 pm » by **Alexrubic**

OK. Here is my contribution to this topic. Most ancient writings talk of a global cataclysm in the past in the form of a flood. And most prophecies of a future global catastrophe talks about the Earth being consumed by fire. What if this is due to a mass solar ejection event?

The Sun has been through a quiet period of late. We are nearing the time when the sun passes through the galactic plane. Maybe there could be some alignment, some confluence of cosmic forces, that will trigger such an event at that time? Maybe that is what all the covert activity revolving around chemtrailing and DUMBs is about?

Anyway, here is a video of a recent, unprecedented [in the sense that the sun is in the midst of a quiet period!] solar explosion:

SOHO observed a nice-sized solar storm blast off to the left of the Sun (Feb. 18, 2009). The source of the explosion appears to have been from the far side of the Sun. The STEREO (Behind) spacecraft (which is currently 45 degrees behind Earth in its orbit around the Sun, and so is able to see 45 degrees farther around the Sun's far side) did not detect anything unusual. In general, such explosions are fairly common, but with the Sun near the bottom of its 11-year activity cycle, we have not seen many such storms over the past two years. In this coronagraph, the Sun and some of its atmosphere is covered by an occulting disk so that we can see faint features in the surrounding corona. The white circle represents the size of the Sun.