Solar Storm heading our way??

[viking]

Originally Posted by Swanny

I was messing about with my camera the other day and managed to get an image like that, I think it's some sort of reflection in the lens

Your wrong Swanny...If it's a lens flare it would move around with the camera with different positions...take a look the camera it moves around... but the spot stays in the same position!!!

viking

[Unified Serenity]

[Swanny]

Originally Posted by viking

Your wrong Swanny...If it's a lens flare it would move around with the camera with different positions...take a look the camera it moves around... but the spot stays in the same position!!!

viking

Ok so what is it then?

[viking]

Originally Posted by Swanny

Ok so what is it then?

Well, some strange anomolies with the sun and around at the moment...as we all know...

Could have something to do with this..

viking

[lindabaker]

the "nibiru" youtube shots are about a month old...people seeing (and photographing) a second "sun" in the southern sky in Australia? Is this the Blue Kachina? Hope memory serves...will look thru my bookmarks to see: was it an Avalon thread? Anyone remember these?

[Unified Serenity]

Follow the money is always a good clue! I just wish we could get some really good data and pics from a white hat.

[Malynda]

Originally Posted by lindabaker

the "nibiru" youtube shots are about a month old...people seeing (and photographing) a second "sun" in the southern sky in Australia? Is this the Blue Kachina? Hope memory serves...will look thru my bookmarks to see: was it an Avalon thread? Anyone remember these?

There were one or two threads about this here about 2-3 months ago. That's the best I can recall. Hope it helps.

Love,
Malynda

[Reader]

Solar wind stream to reach earth Sept. 3-4
Could cause geomagnetic storm in portions of northern hemisphere
www.spaceweather.com

[viking]

Mmmm lots of recent Earthquakes lately....

Is it linked to this?

Sunspot 1026 emerges on the Sun -Spaceweather September 22, 2009

"Sunspot 1026 emerged yesterday to break a string of 19 consecutive spotless days. It's about as wide as Earth, which makes it an easy target for backyard solar telescopes. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has measured the spot's magnetic polarity and identified it as a member of new Solar Cycle 24. Could this be a harbinger of more to come? (Apparently so.) Stay tuned. "

Looks bigger than the previous 1024
http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-...wavelength=284

viking

[viking]

Anyone know what this is.... to the right of the Sun?

http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/br...9_cor2_512.mpg

viking

[GaiaLove]

Originally Posted by viking

Anyone know what this is.... to the right of the Sun?

http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/br...9_cor2_512.mpg

viking

It's the planet Mercury.

The shot is from STEREO B (behind)

As you can see in the pic below Mercury is just to the right of the Sun from SB's location

[KathyT]

Originally Posted by viking

Anyone know what this is.... to the right of the Sun?

http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/br...9_cor2_512.mpg

viking

LASCO doesn't show it for 9-29-09

http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/data_query

[viking]

Thanks Linda...very strange that they missed that date out!!!

Also found this...The cosmic rays that are reaching us now are the highest for 50 years....I thought they woulod maximise by 2011?!!

Cosmic Rays

In addition to solar particles, another highly energetic particle from the Milky Way galaxy reaches Earth's atmosphere all the time. Cosmic rays can damage electronic systems and even DNA in living creatures.


When a high-energy cosmic ray enters the atmosphere,
it can cause an “air shower.” The cosmic ray hits a molecule
in the atmosphere and “breaks up,” producing lots more sub-atomic
particles. The cosmic ray (red center top) breaks up into sub-atomic particles
that can include protons (green), neutrons (orange), pions (yellow),
muons (purple), photons (blue), and electrons & positrons (pink).
Illustration by Randy Russell, NASA and NCAR.

The number of cosmic rays reaching Earth are lower when the sun is active and has a strong, turbulent magnetic field that interferes with cosmic ray travel. But when the sun is not active, more cosmic rays reach Earth. The sun is supposed to be in an increasingly active period of Solar Cycle 24 with a solar maximum originally expected in 2011 to 2012. But the sun has been abnormally quiet. Scientists have not seen such a low sunspot number since around 1913, the beginning of the 20th Century. Further, the magnetic field of the sun is at the lowest magnetic field strength measured in at least fifty years from the beginning of the Space Age.

A collision between a high-energy cosmic ray particle and an atom
in a photographic emulsion, as viewed through a microscope.
Image credit: NASA, Dr. David P. Stern.

At the August 3 to 7, 2009, at the Solar Heliospheric and Interplanetary Environment (SHINE) meeting in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Richard Mewaldt, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate in Physics at the California Institute of Technology Kahill Astrophysics Laboratory in Pasadena, presented his latest ACE data on cosmic ray intensity change since April 2009, the last six months.

http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?I...tegory=Science

viking

[Samarkis]

Pls look at post 2677 & 2678...........from 9-29-09 double sun.......
also, the Sun appears very large & more to the south in the Eastern sky than usual.............. any notations of Earth wobbling more or some movement of the alignments????????? It has been warmer than usual here too......(Florida)


oops......here is link: http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...=8441&page=108

[GaiaLove]

Incoming CME folks, small one but should still look pretty nice at high latitudes

Originally Posted by SpaceWeather.com

On Saturday, Oct. 17th, starting around 18:24 UT, a spotless active region in the sun's southern hemisphere erupted, hurling a faint coronal mass ejection (CME) in the general direction of Earth. SOHO's extreme UV telescope recorded this movie of the blast. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras on Oct. 19th or 20th when the CME arrives.

[viking]

For all you sun lovers ... apparently the biggest so far this year!! mmmm..

BIG AND ACTIVE: Sunspot 1029, the biggest and most active sunspot of 2009, continues to put on a good show. Pete Lawrence sends this picture from his backyard observatory in Selsey, UK:

"The 'snake pit' of activity next to the main spot showed lots of intricate changes including the development of several intense star-like points," he says.

The sunspot has been crackling with minor C-class solar flares since it emerged a few days ago. Magnetic fields around the spot have been growing more complex, making stronger eruptions increasingly likely. NOAA forecasters estimate a 5% chance of an M-class flare in the next 24 hours. Stay tuned for solar activity!

http://spaceweather.com/

viking

[bellsisland]

Originally Posted by GaiaLove

It's the planet Mercury.

The shot is from STEREO B (behind)

As you can see in the pic below Mercury is just to the right of the Sun from SB's location

Hi, I do not understand the picture. What are points A and B?

If I am in south Texas what planet is rising before the sun? I thought it was Venus.
I hope it's Venus.

b

[Ammit]

Today in south uk the sun is extremely bright and very white...

[GaiaLove]

Originally Posted by bellsisland

Hi, I do not understand the picture. What are points A and B?

If I am in south Texas what planet is rising before the sun? I thought it was Venus.
I hope it's Venus.

b

There are 2 spacecraft that are moving towards opposite sides of the sun so we will be able to always see the full globe. Both are in the same orbit as Earth STEREO A is the one Ahead of us and STEREO B is the one Behind us hence A & B.

these are the images the spacecrafts are sending back


As for the planet rising in the East, yep its Venus, Mars is there too but not as bright.

[Ammit]

I have just looked at the sun with my welding mask on, wow, still hurt my eyes.

[bellsisland]

Originally Posted by GaiaLove

There are 2 spacecraft that are moving towards opposite sides of the sun so we will be able to always see the full globe. Both are in the same orbit as Earth STEREO A is the one Ahead of us and STEREO B is the one Behind us hence A & B.

these are the images the spacecrafts are sending back


As for the planet rising in the East, yep its Venus, Mars is there too but not as bright.

These pictures are stunning. Glad I don't have to look at the sun directly to see it's beauty, thanks so much.

I have often thought Venus was my other home planet.

[Dantheman62]

The "Bastille Day" particle storm and Earth-directed CME as seen by LASCO C3.
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The "Bastille Day" flare as seen by EIT in the 195 Å emission line.
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A sunspot thirteen times larger than the surface of the Earth.
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This EIT 171 Å image shows emission from ionised iron at about 1 million degrees C, revealing diffuse corona and magnetic loops.

An impressive double set of CMEs observed by LASCO C2, with an EIT 304 Å inset in the middle.

This fiery Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) shows stunning details in the ejected material.
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This spectacular Coronal Mass Ejection observed by LASCO C2 was interpreted as "Happy Birthday Fireworks" for the 5th anniversary of SOHO's launch.
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A sequence of LASCO C2 images showing the evolution of a Coronal Mass Ejection over a time span of about an hour

A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) observed by LASCO C3

This "lightbulb" Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) shows the classical parts of a CME: leading edge, void, and core.
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An Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) seen by LASCO C3.

This EIT 171 Å image shows a wide variety of loops and active regions (lighter areas on the surface)

This EIT 195 Å series shows evolving loops stretched out above the edge of the Sun

An EIT 304 Å image showing an unusual collection of prominences

These EIT composite images show the passage of Mercury across EIT's field-of-view during the transit on 7 May 2003.
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This combination of an EIT 195 Å image and a computed cutaway model of the Sun's interior shows "peculiarities" in the sound speed compared with theoretical models.
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A particularly beautiful erupting prominence seen by EIT in 304 Å emission

An "EIT colour wheel", showing images in the four filters of EIT. Clockwise from upper left: 171 Å, 304 Å, 284 Å, 195 Å.

Comet Hale-Bopp and its shadow - cast on the diffuse material flowing into the solar system from the intergalactic wind.
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This unusual and clearly helical Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was observed by LASCO C2

This image shows no less than four planets, the constellation Pleiades, and a halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).
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This MDI composite shows the passage of Mercury across the solar disk during the transit on 7 May 2003.
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A closeup of an erupting Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) with Earth inset at the approximate scale of the image.

Our most breathtaking shots of a comet featured Comet NEAT (C/2002 V1) in the LASCO C3 field-of-view.
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Using advanced analysis techniques, SOHO's MDI instrument can reveal the temperature and flow structure beneath sunspots.
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This magnificent erupting prominence was captured by EIT in 304 Å emission.
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Composite image with three EIT wavelengths (171 Å, 195 Å and 284 Å) combined to show solar features unique to each wavelength.

These three images show the incredible changes in the Sun's corona from near solar minimum to near solar maximum.

Two large eruptive prominences captured by EIT in 304 Å emission.
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This LASCO C2 image from 23 December 1996 shows the "Christmas Comet" (Comet SOHO-6) streaking towards the Sun </SPAN>

[GaiaLove]

Originally Posted by Dantheman62

This image shows no less than four planets, the constellation Pleiades, and a halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).

Dan thats a stunning selection, you've got great taste.
I love em all but this lasco shot just rocks!

[viking]

Yes they really are amazing aren't they....I've saved most of them.

Much appreciated Dan... Thank you.

viking

[viking]

This looks a biggy!!

Coronagraphs onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) observed a bright double-ringed coronal mass ejection (CME) billowing over the sun's western limb during the late hours of Feb. 1st. At present, the source of the blast is unknown. Watch the movie and stay tuned for updates.



viking