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Posts Tagged ‘flare’

Solar Flare

February 3rd, 2013 |

Author: Seraphin

Solar Flare

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Comet ISON, the Sungrazer, Is Coming: Will It Cause a Solar Flare and Electronics Meltdown?

January 4th, 2013 |

Author: Seraphin

Comet ISON will be a close call for Earth but calculations conclude it will pass Earth safely; however, Sungrazer could bring a meltdown of satellite technology and otherwise cause a technical Armage

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COULD A SOLAR FLARE BE THE END OF US?

November 11th, 2012 |

Author: Seraphin

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Last night I watched “THE KILLSHOT: APPROACHING THE MOMENT“, on DVD. According to Major Ed Dames (ret.), remote viewers have seen a doomsday scenario, in which the Earth will be devastated by a tremendous solar flare. It isn’t that far fetched, as signs keep pointing to that most real possibility.

On Tuesday, August 6, 2011, an x6.9 flare was recorded. Then on Monday, October 22, 2012, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured the sun erupting with an X1.8 class solar flare. The solar flare came from an active region on the left side of the sun known as AR 1598. This area of the sun has been known as a source of weaker flares.

So the October 22, 2012 flare was weaker than the one on August 6, 2011. Does that mean the sun’s flare activity is winding down? No, NASA predictes 2013 (May) will see solar storms building towards a peak, though at the same time, they claim that killer solar storms are an impossibility. Gee, that still doesn’t sound very reassuring.

So just what are solar flares? Flares occur when powerful magnetic fields in and around the sun reconnect. Often associated with active regions on the sun’s surface, where the magnetic fields are strongest and seen as sun spots. Classified according to their strength, the smallest flares are B-class, followed by C, M and X, which is the largest. Each letter represents a ten-fold increase in energy output. Therefore, an X is 10 times an M and 100 times a C.

There is also another scale within each letter class, these range from 1 to 9. C-class flares have little noticeable affect on Earth but M-class flares can cause brief radio blackouts at the North and South poles and produce minor radiation storms which could endanger astronauts. X is the last letter and most powerful class, however, there are flares 10 times more powerful than an X1 and X-class flares can go higher than 9.

In 2003, a very powerful flare was recorded (during the last solar maximum). That particularly powerful flare overloaded the sensors that were measuring it (the sensors cut-out at X28). A powerful X-class flare such as that can create long lasting radiation storms, harm satellites, create global transmission problems, cause world-wide blackouts and even airline passengers flying near the poles, could receive small doses of radiation.

On the cloudless British morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, solar astronomer Richard Carrington took note of and drew a representation, of the sunspots he saw through the projected image from his 11 inch wide telescope. Before dawn the next day, skies all over the Earth erupted in red, purple and green auroras, which were so brilliant, that newspapers could be read as if it were daylight. Auroras could even be seen as far south as Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas, El Salvador and even in Hawaii.

That wasn’t the end of the story for the “Carrington Flare.” Telegraph systems worldwide, went haywire. Sparks discharged, shocking telegraph operators, even setting fire to telegraph paper. Not only that, when telegraphers disconnected the batteries powering the telegraph lines, the aurora-induced electric currents in the wires still allowed messages to be transmitted, though many messages were gibberish.

So what would happen if a flare like the 1859 flare occurred? Or how about that mega-flare that Major Ed Dames’ remote viewers have seen in our near future? Power grids all over the world would go down and all electronic communications would cease. Satellites would be fried. The International Space Station would be no protection for the astronauts and airplanes could conceivably fall from the sky. There would be no phones, no TV, no Internet and no microwave ovens. And if you were out in it, you’d probably have a really nasty sunburn and a huge dose of radiation. Bummer!

Society would most likely be knocked back to (at least temporarily), that day in 1859, minus the telegraph. Such circumstances could last anywhere from a few months, to years! That wouldn’t be so bad now, would it? Well, maybe so. I’ve finally gotten used to “texting”.

-Sunny Williams

[Author's Note: Though I do find this subject to be very serious and know that such a mega solar event could possibly kill millions, if not billions of people, humor is my preferred choice of self defense (instead of uncontrollable sobbing).]

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Additional Links and Sources:
THE KILLSHOT.COM
Solar Storms Building Toward Peak in 2013, NASA Predicts
NASA Observatory Captures Another X-Class Solar Flare
2012: Killer Solar Flares Are a Physical Impossibility
New Solar Cycle Prediction
Solar Storm of 1859
Solarwatcher.net

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Pink UFOs, or more lens flare on Google Street View?

October 1st, 2012 |

Author: Seraphin

There was a surprising amount of buzz generated last week about pink UFOs showing up in Google Street View.

Pink UFO seen in Google Street View image in Jacksonville, TX. (Credit: Google)

The first pink UFO was reported by Andrea Dove who contacted KLTV, the ABC affiliate in East Texas. She explained that, while using Google Maps to get directions to visit a relative in Jacksonville, Texas, she spotted a UFO while using the Street View option. The shape of this pink UFO resembles a classic flying saucer. ABC News reported a similar pink UFO visible on Google Street View, but approximately one-thousand miles away in Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico.

Do these incidents indicate a new variation on a classic UFO, or is there a simpler explanation for these pink flying saucers?

Photo-video analyst Marc D’Antonio told Huffington Post journalist Lee Speigel that he believes these pink UFOs are simply lens flare resulting from the camera’s location in relation to the sun’s position.

Pink UFO seen in Google Street View image in Sydney, Australia. (Credit: Google)

People have detected UFOs using Google Street View practically since the service was launched in 2007. One such example was reported by the Daily Telegraph and other Australian media outlets in 2008. A reader contacted the Daily Telegraph to report the discovery of a UFO over Sydney on Google Street View. Its appearance? A pink flying saucer strikingly similar to the ones reported last week.

Although strange in appearance, these pink UFOs are likely “simple, but classic, lens flare,” as D’Antonio explained to Speigel.

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Lens flare goes viral thanks to ABC

October 1st, 2012 |

Author: Seraphin

By De Void

ABC’s viral lens flare

Monday, October 1, 2012 at 1:37 by Billy Cox

Last Friday, ABC’s Good Morning America decided to do a Great Taboo story on the cheap. It aired a piece by east Texas affiliate KLTV about an alleged UFO captured by Google Earth cameras in tiny Jacksonville, Tex. It was a whimsical little jellybean that cost nothing to produce. The accompanying ABC blog post indicated another similar UFO had been located on Google Earth in New Mexico.

ABC’s Good Morning America made a whoop-de-doo about this lens flare, which led to a worldwide blogosphere phenomenon/CREDIT: Google Earth and Devoid

The dual-UFO story went viral, from The Daily Mail in London to The Pakistan Daily Times. Although critics tendered lens flare as a possible explanation, one “UFO expert” declared “Without question, this is a legitimate craft. It is not a reflection or anything like that. That’s nonsense. I’m actually quite surprised that this is not getting more media attention.”

Actually, it’s hard to imagine how the thing got this far. Within minutes of being shown the Google images, our Herald-Tribune photo chief Mike Lang noodled around the Google Street View imagery and found yet another lens flare “UFO” in Texas — only, it was on the ground, not in the air.

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LITS Editor’s Note: Russell Tetrault is the “UFO expert”, who is reported to have said:
“Without question, this is a legitimate craft. It is not a reflection or anything like that. That’s nonsense. I’m actually quite surprised that this is not getting more media attention. You know, with big brother around every corner, there is a silver lining and here it is. There have been multiple UFOs spotted using this very program and now here’s another and perhaps, the most compelling. This craft is something that I have never seen before…so what does that mean? Does this mean that we have a different sort of visitor or a new man –made craft? Whatever it is, it is 100% there.”

Source: Ringsidereport.com Huh?!

Oh, please. It’s claptrap like this that hurts real UFO research. I said it before in another post and I will say it again. It is a lens flare. You can find examples all over Google Maps Street Views.

Lens flare is caused by “non-image light” which does not pass (refract) directly along its intended path. Instead, this light reflects internally on lens elements multiple times, before finally reaching the film, or digital sensor.

Flare-inducing light sources include the sun, artificial lighting and even a full moon, or other brightly lit surfaces.

Lens flares can take on different shapes, depending on the camera lens and aperture settings. The best way to avoid lens flares, are to use filters, lens hoods, or simply don’t take photos with the camera pointed towards a bright light source.

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