All I apologize for the lack of posts. I received a notice that this account would be terminated, I guess it was a scammer.Will update soon.
Scale of the Universe…
I found this out there in the world wide web….it is truly amazing. I would recommend starting at the small circle first. You will see what I mean when you click on it.
Time to catch up…
It’s been awhile since I have posted some interesting stuff….
April 21, 2011 ( Like I said it’s been awhile)
C8 solar x ray flare erupts
- Manila, Philippines has volcanic eruptions
- Mt. Merapi remains very active
- Kizimen volcano in Russia erupts
- Severe weather in Columbia causes mudslides
April 22, 2011
C class x ray flare erupts
- 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Japan
- Aftershocks still being felt in New Zealand from Christchurch earthquake
April 23, 2011
Several C class x ray solar flares erupt
- An expedition is launched in the South Pacific to study the “Ring of Fire”
- 3 volcanoes become active in the Philippines
- Record number of tornadoes in the United States
- Britain experiences crazy weather
- 6.2 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia
April 26, 2011
C class x ray solar flare erupts
- Tornadoes hit Arkansas, floods swell the Mississippi River
- 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan
- 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits Fiji Islands
April 27, 2011
C2 class x ray solar flare with a non Earth directed CME erupts
- Tunguarahua volcano in Ecuador spews ash
- 5.2 earthquake hits Chile
- Planchón-Peteroa volcano spews ash in Chile
- New Zealand experiences an onslaught of wild weather
- Severe weather continues in the United States
- Cleveland, Ohio breaks 50 year old rainfall record
April 28, 2011
C Class x ray solar flare erupts
- Tornadoes continue in the United States
- Flooding in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
- F4 category tornado hits Tuscaloosa, Alabama and an F5 tornado hits Birmingham, Alabama
- Strange currents keep Europe warm
- Gulf Stream is not slowing down, could this be a real life “Day After Tomorrow,” happening before our eyes
April 29, 2011
C3 Class x ray solar flare is reported
- Multiple earthquakes hit near Hawthorne, Nevada
- New record for most tornadoes
- Lake Champlain, Vermont hits new record for high water levels
- Britain experiences drought
When was this first discovered?
The entire question which was asked on NASA Solar Week, ” When was this first discovered,that the sun’s magnetic effects had a direct effect on earth, and how does it on other planets?”
Answer provided by Dr. Kris Sigsbee
“That is a great question! It took many different scientists centuries to work out that the Sun’s magnetic field and solar activity affected the Earth’s magnetosphere. One of the first people to study the Earth’s magnetic field was an English scientist named William Gilbert who lived from 1544 to 1603. When William Gilbert was alive, people already knew about the magnetic properties of iron ore (lodestone) and used compasses in navigation. However, they did not really understand the Earth’s global magnetic field. William Gilbert was one of the first to study the Earth’s magnetic field using a round lodestone he called a terella to simulate the Earth. He also established a lot of the magnetic terminology we use today. Years later, around 1612-13, Galileo made observations of sunspots. However it would still be years before people understood the connection between the Earth’s magnetic field and solar activity. A Norwegian scientist named Kristian Birkeland was the first to discover that the aurora borealis or northern lights were related to the Earth’s magnetic field in the early 1900s. Birkeland was an adventurer who made this discovery through his polar expeditions in 1902-03 and laboratory experiments using terellas similar to the ones that Gilbert used. In 1908, an American astronomer named George Ellery Hale realized that sunspots had magnetic structure. A few years later, Birkeland proposed the existence of a solar wind as well as field-aligned currents in the Earth’s magnetosphere, but his ideas were controversial for a long time because they could not be verified using ground-based measurements. It was not until the first satellites were launched in the late 1950s that scientists were able to confirm Birkeland’s theories about the connection between the Sun and the aurora.
You can read more about Galileo and William Gilbert here-”
http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/pioneers/gilbert.html
http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/observations/sunspot_drawings.html
And about George Hale and Kristian Birkeland here –
http://physics.usc.edu/solar/history.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Birkeland
Do other planets have magnetic fields to protect them from solar flares?
Answer provided by Dr. Kris Sigsbee
“Some of the other planets have strong magnetic fields, just like the Earth does. Venus and Mars do not have strong, global magnetic fields. Mars only has weak remnants of a magnetic field in rocks that were formed long ago when Mars may have had a much stronger, global magnetic field. It is kind of interesting to note that while Mercury does not have an atmosphere like the other Terrestrial planets, it does have a strong magnetic field. The lack of an atmosphere and the proximity of Mercury to the Sun means that the interaction of its magnetosphere with the solar wind may be very different from the interaction between Earth’s magnetosphere and the solar wind. This is one of the things being investigated by MESSENGER, which is the spacecraft first to orbit Mercury. Jupiter has a very strong magnetic field and very intense radiation belts. One of Jupiter’s moons, Ganymede, also has a strong magnetic field and its own magnetosphere. If I remember correctly, Ganymede is the only moon in the Solar System to have its own magnetosphere. Although the solar wind does affect Jupiter’s magnetosphere, the dynamics of Jupiter’s magnetosphere are affected more strongly by the volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io, which create a feature called the Io plasma torus inside Jupiter’s magnetosphere. Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune also have magnetic fields. Aurora have been observed on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. “
No matter where you are, storms are everywhere…
April 20, 2011
Several B and C class solar x ray flares have been reported
April 18, 2011
C class solar x ray flare erupted
- Taal residents urged to evacuate
- 3 days of constant tornado’s throughout the midwest and southeast USA
- Violent Thunderstorms kill 17 100(+) hurt in China
- Japan Earthquake may have triggered other smaller earthquakes around the world
- Earthquake rocks San Francisco on 105th anniversary of 1906
April 17, 2011
Four (4) C class solar x ray flares erupted
- 5.4 magnitude earthquake stirkes North Queensland
April 13, 2011
C class solar x ray flare erupted
- Mount Merapi, located in India may erupt
- Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand is being monitored for eruptions
April 12, 2011
Three (3) C class solar x ray flares erupted
- Powerful earthquake rumbles off the coast of Japan
- An eruption at Taal is imminent
- Australia gets soaked by heavy rain fall
- An Asteroid was discovered in Earths Orbit
April 10, 2011
B class solar x ray flare erupted
- Two 3.9 magnitude earthquakes rumble Arkansas
- New volcano eruption at Etna, located in Italy
- Earthquakes tremble Nevada
How long was the longest solar flare measured?
Answer provided by Mitzi Adams:
”I’m not really sure how long the longest flare might have been. That is a difficult question to answer, since it depends on how you are measuring the flare. I can tell you that a flare that happened 21 Mar, 2011 (a C-class flare) lasted about fifteen hours. That is, the X-ray flux from the flare in one energy band took that long to return to its pre-flare level, as measured by an instrument in orbit around Earth on the GOES satellite. The first X-class flare of solar cycle 24 lasted only about an hour, however. If you would like to see the graphs yourself, go here:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5m.html
For information about flare classes, visit this website:
http://spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html’‘
Sounds like the Earth is settling
The planet has been full of activity lately…
March 28, 2011 C class solar x ray flare erupted
- 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Chile
- Merapi, Indonesia mud flows from volcano eruption destroys homes
- Proof that deep sea volcanoes do erupt
March 29 low level C class solar x ray flare erupted
- 5.0 magnitude earthquake in the Guam Region
- Koreans discussing potential volcano eruptions
- 56 safety violations at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants in the past 4 years
- 3.5 magnitude earthquake near Ontario, Canada
March 30 C and B class solar x ray flares continue to erupt
- Concern over Mt. Baekdu eruption grows
- 4.7 magnitude earthquake in Fiji Region
March 31 low level C class solar x ray flares still erupting
- Landslides in Hideaway Bay Australia due from flooding
- Massive flooding in Thailand
April 1 Mid level C class solar x ray flares erupting with a partial halo CME
April 4 Multiple CME eruptions with B class solar x ray flares
- 6.8 Earthquake reported from Indonesia
- 6.5 Earthquake reported from Fiji Region
- Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts
- Kamchatka volcano in Russia erupts
April 5 B class solar x ray flares were observed
April 6 C class solar x ray flare was observed
- Rumblings at Ruapehu (New Zealand) causes concern
April 7 Four (4) C Class solar x ray flares erupted with as well as a CME
- Crude oil reaches a $112 USD (link is live market)
April 8 Multiple sunspots with high activity were reported
- Red River in Fargo, North Dakota floods
- Bottlenose dolphins mass death in Gulf of Mexico
- Earthquakes rumble Arkansas
April 9 C class solar x ray flare erupts as well as another partial halo CME
- Sand storm in Germany
How Do Solar Storms Happen?
Answer provided by Ms. Dawn Myers:
A solar storm happens when a coronal mass ejection leaves the Sun headed towards Earth. The CME will slam into the Earth’s magnetosphere and interact with it causing what we call space weather. Depending on how large a storm is it could cause satellite interruptions, power black outs and auroras.
Worms falling from the sky…
No, you did not read this wrong. Worms were reported to fall from the sky today in Scotland. The worms fell during a rain storm, it appears, at Galashiels Academy. Here is the article
This is the first time I have heard about this but if you do a quick search you get a couple of other reports, however this is the only other report I could find quickly:
Louisiana reports worms falling from the sky, July 12, 2007
In addition to this, here is another site with 8 strange things that fell from the sky.
Just something different for a moment. More updates regarding solar flares and the effects on Earth coming soon.
Solar Flare Effects 