Sun Sheds Skin And Flips

spacedaily.com ^ | 21 Nov 03 | staff

[RightWhale]

Crackpot science?

Possibly, but the point that the atmosphere generates the magnetic field is interesting. What if earth's magnetic field is not due to a rotating iron core but the revolving atmosphere. Seems like no one is questioning the source of earth's magnetic field, but the iron core generator is still just as much a suggestion as it was 100 years ago and hasn't been examined much.

[John H K]

I don't see why this would be considered "crackpot" science.

And you can rest assured the Earth's atmosphere doesn't generate our magnetic field.

There's a big difference between the composition and structure of the earth and the sun, of course.

BTW, due to a CME impact this morning, and the interplanetary magnetic field going south to an AMAZING degree, the Earth has been under the most massive and farthest-south Auroras in the last decade or more.

Visible in Mexico, Miami, etc....EXCEPT for one problem; daylight :-( (A few people in the far West US right before dawn caught the very beginnings of this display.)

Much of Europe is cloudy but where it isn't Europeans are reporting the best Aurora they've ever seen.

It's just now beginning to weaken so it looks like it may not be even visible at all by nightfall today in the Eastern US.

[Interesting Times]

Intriguing article. Very disturbing title.

[RightWhale]

rest assured the Earth's atmosphere doesn't generate our magnetic field

I might be alone in this thought. They knew I was a rebel but they gave me my physics degree anyway.

[Aracelis]

Ping!

[per loin]

Here's a graph of that "amazing" swing to the south:

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping, Piltdown_Woman! betty boop, you might be interested in this article.

[Barnacle]

Ping

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Holy Aurora Batman!

If I'm reading it right, downward deflections indicate a southern polarity. They are more likely to disrupt the magnetic field in the Northern Hemisphere and produce auroras.

[No Blue States]

Great one more chance to view the northern lights in Texas, no luck yet but im hoping.

I forgot to eyeball the leonids the other night and the sky was clear as gin.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

It leaves the neutron core intact.

Or was it iron???

[Lee'sGhost]

There was something on Nova the other night about the earth losing its magnetic field and we're all gonna die -- or something like that. I didn't watch it. But it's good to know we won't have to worry about global warming now.

[RightWhale]

Like we say to the kids: 'There is nothing wrong with the sun. Don't you touch a wrench to it.'

[Lee'sGhost]

"And you can rest assured the Earth's atmosphere doesn't generate our magnetic field. "

Check out my post #11.

[RightWhale]

First thought on my mind Monday morning, strangely, wasn't global warming, but how long it would take for the water in the dog's dish to freeze. 10 minutes or 5 minutes. It was 30 below. The Toyota is very reliable, so it started right away. But the tires are definitely not arctic grade. They get flat on one side while the car is parked and then they turn solid in that shape. That was a darned bumpy ride.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

The earth's magnetic field flips every 300,000 years or so. Should make for some nice global auroras.

[Lee'sGhost]

"They get flat on one side while the car is parked and then they turn solid in that shape. That was a darned bumpy ride."

Obviously due to the increased pull on the steel belts from the shed magnetic skin.

[Cold Heat]

It has been many years since I lived in 30 below conditions.

I had forgotten the bumpy ride aspect. Also the frozen transmission.

[teeman8r]

i saw the show. quite interesting and combined with this information, it is easy to see that we are in for a magnetic shift relatively soon... the molten core of the earth, according to the nova program, through the swirling of the core, the magnetic shift, occurs every 200,000 years or so... and the last time was 700,000 years ago.

they, nova, didn't delve on the apocalyptic affects, just that magnets will point south instead of north...

but if the sun does the same, and the earth is in the sun's gravitational pull, i can see the effect the sun's change would have on the earth's core...

perhaps the Son's return, will be dependent on the sun's return to another magnetic pull...

there are no coincidences....

teeman

[VadeRetro]

Well, the sun's shed my skin enough times, it can shed its own once in a while!

[Davea]

Thought I'd toss this in. They're back. 486,488, and 484. This is from 11/20/03 BTW thanks for the ping