Mysterious ribbons of light dubbed 'Steve' are NOT auroras, after all: (video at site)

UK Daily Mail ^ | August 20, 2018 | By CHEYENNE MACDONALD

[Swordmaker]

Scientists say the 'skyglows' represent an entirely new celestial phenomenon

• Scientists began studying mysterious ribbons of light dubbed 'Steve' in 2016
• While they were thought to be auroras, study shows they form differently
• Experts now say they're a distinct phenomenon that was previously unknown

Mysterious purple and white ribbons of light seen dancing across the sky may represent a never-before-identified type of ‘skyglow.’

While amateur photographers have been documenting the phenomenon for decades, scientists only began to study it back in 2016.

Initial research suggested the lights, which have come to be known as STEVE, may be a type of aurora, though slightly different than the ones we’re used to.

A new study, however, has determined that this is not the case; according to the researchers, STEVE is the result of different atmospheric processes, making it an entirely distinct phenomenon.

[Swordmaker]

This photo and others, including the videos look like double twisted plasma strands of Birkeland currents, well known to proponents of the Electric/Plasma Universe Cosmology. They can be seen everywhere we look in the Cosmos.

[Army Air Corps]

Interesting.

[Swordmaker]

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Clear Example of a Birkeland Current in Space
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[PA Engineer]

Thanks. I half joke about the double helix of Birkeland Currents being the seeds of Cosmic DNA. I’m currently studying miRNA. I’m starting to think it may not be that far fetched. YMMV.

[EasySt]

“STEVE was initially given its name in honor of the 2006 film Over the Hedge, and the title was later accepted in the scientific community as a ‘backronym,’ standing for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement.

This type of light event appears closer to the equator than a normal aurora.”

So...
Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement

HARP?
Heat Laser?
Go Space Force?

Probably not...

Here is a much better article:

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/3/eaaq0030

[SunkenCiv]

Steve, okay. :^) BFL

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-powerful-aurora-in-the-solar-system

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-martian-aurora

[SunkenCiv]

My decades-old copy of Guinness Book had the most southerly aurora sighting in Singapore, which is quite near the Equator.

[WMarshal]

I still think that one of the scientists had a crush on Steve, whomever he is.

[EasySt]

Who Steve is:

https://youtu.be/eQ8oH9GyxpI

Spoiler:

He ate Vern!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

The energy ribbon in “Star Trek: Generations”?

Malcolm McDowell never did tell me how they did that. We were too busy talking with George Romero about other Hollywood producers.

I’ve got photos and autographs. George had a cool ponytail and glasses. Malcolm had his short hair. Both were very funny.

[Paul R.]

Great link. Very interesting!

Next mystery up: Earthquake lights. :-)

[EasySt]

I’ve always suspected that Earthquake Lights are basically piezoelectric in nature. Lots of quartz being squeezed down there could possibly result in interesting energy displays in the atmosphere above.

Sudden change in electrical ground potential over a wide deep area causing sympathetic electrical effects in the atmosphere above?

[PIF]

Lots of quartz being squeezed

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Crystal power!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

C’mon Swordy!? You post this and don’t ping StevenW?

[Larry Lucido]

Could be sodium vapor. Maybe call it “Soda”?

I know. sodium vapor needs electricity. I mean, it needs holes.

[Paul R.]

May be. Modest amounts of energy in a large area or volume can really add up.

[Swordmaker]

Steven W has never asked to be on the Electric Universe Ping List. . .

[Swordmaker]

Steven W has never asked to be on the Electric Universe Ping List. . .