Thats Really Wild

On this day in 2003 (October 28), the Sun unleashed one of the largest and most geoeffective solar storms of the modern age (and consequently, one of the most studied). The eruption was part of what became known as the Halloween storms; two weeks in October and November of that year when two massive sunspot groups produced unprecedented solar activity. The SOHO satellite watched the events unfold. On October 26th, Active Region 10486 had grown to over 10 times the diameter of the Earth and could be seen with the naked eye from Earth. Two days later the region was directly inline with our planet when it released a flare with the energy of fifty billion atomic bombs. The accompanying coronal mass ejection (CME) raced past SOHO at a phenomenal 2300 kilometers per second! Most CMEs take 2 to 3 days to cross the 150 million kilometers between the Sun and the Earth. This one made it in less than 18 hours. The impending cloud of charged particles would have been too much for even the SOHO spacecraft, a satellite which was designed to study the Sun. The operators put many of the instruments (including the one I was using for my PhD research!) into safe-mode rather that risk them getting damaged. Systems on Earth were not so fortunate. Many satellites in earth orbit began behaving erratically. Airlines redirected polar flights to below the Arctic circle, resulting in major delays across the US. Additionally, planes were instructed to fly at much lower altitudes (25000 ft instead …

Solar Storm 2012 by NASA: science.nasa.gov Solar Maximum pushed to 2013 by NASA: science.nasa.gov Visit NASA’s website at: www.nasa.gov Other sources regarding the sun and 2012-13: www.examiner.com www.telegraph.co.uk www.universetoday.com Earth’s magnetic field by Universe Today: www.sciencedaily.com Archive of solar storms history: www.solarstorms.org Read, David Hathaway’s, “The Shape of the Sunspot Cycle” (PDF): Year: 1993. solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov Cycle 24 by David Hathaway (NASA): science.nasa.gov Another interesting fact: The sun has an 11 year cycle & the winter solstice of 2012 falls at 11:11AM and people all over the world finding themselves bombarded with 11′s (like me!) and then science is predicting some kind of majestic solar event at the peak of this cycle, 11. www.nasa.gov Download the audio used in this video from NASA (audio only MP3): Date: March 10, 2006. science.nasa.gov Download the audio (MP3 format) regarding new predictions for 2013 from NASA: Date: May 29, 2009. science.nasa.gov “Space Weather Turns into an International Problem” says NASA: science.nasa.gov You can also search Jesse Ventura’s, “Conspiracy theory” on TruTV and look for the 2012 topic. There is more credible sources he provides in his investigation. Though, it still remains a “conspiracy.” There are many on youtube about it. UPDATE: Here is the link to his investigation. I provided link below starting with the topic! Enjoy. www.youtube.com Knowing on IMDB: www.imdb.com Note: If …
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