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The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip
NASA.gov ^ | Aug 6, 2013 | staff reporter

Posted on 08/05/2013 11:34:14 PM PDT by Daffynition

August 5, 2013: Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun's vast magnetic field is about to flip.

"It looks like we're no more than 3 to 4 months away from a complete field reversal," says solar physicist Todd Hoeksema of Stanford University. "This change will have ripple effects throughout the solar system."

(Excerpt) Read more at science.nasa.gov ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; maunderminimum
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1 posted on 08/05/2013 11:34:14 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

Does this mean the Sun is having a sex change?


2 posted on 08/05/2013 11:36:27 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Mastador1
Sunny & Cher would know.


3 posted on 08/05/2013 11:38:59 PM PDT by Daffynition (Life's short- paddle hard!)
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Oh, man. Everyone trying to navigate on the sun is going to have to turn his compass around. Like it isn’t hard enough already - it’s so hot that you can only go there at night. Sheesh.


4 posted on 08/05/2013 11:39:19 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Daffynition
I feel a song coming on.
5 posted on 08/05/2013 11:41:07 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Billthedrill

Speaking of *night*....the Persieds are coming the 12th of August....get out and stay out!


6 posted on 08/05/2013 11:44:42 PM PDT by Daffynition (Life's short- paddle hard!)
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7 posted on 08/05/2013 11:48:21 PM PDT by Daffynition (Life's short- paddle hard!)
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To: Daffynition
... the Persieds

BNNNNNNKKKK ... Thanks for playing.

8 posted on 08/05/2013 11:52:34 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Daffynition

The sun’s magnetic poles flip every 11 years. It is responsible for the sun spot cycle. At “solar maximum” there are more sun spots because magnetic field lines become increasingly chaotic as the flip approaches. Sun spots occur where field lines intersect and reconnect.


9 posted on 08/05/2013 11:58:56 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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10 posted on 08/06/2013 12:04:23 AM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Telepathic Intruder

And anyone that thinks the sun does not effect the weather on earth, is a moron. The suns influence expands far past pluto..


11 posted on 08/06/2013 12:07:11 AM PDT by FreedomStar3028
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To: Daffynition

Earth’s Magnetic Field Made Quick Flip-Flop
http://news.discovery.com/earth/weather-extreme-events/earth-magnetic-field-poles-flip-fast-121024.htm

Lost in migration: Earth’s magnetic field overdue a flip
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/03/us-science-earth-magneticfield-idUSBRE8920X620121003


12 posted on 08/06/2013 12:14:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: Daffynition

I would have to believe that if Sonny were still alive he would intentionally run into a tree after seeing what Cher and her friends did to his daughter.


13 posted on 08/06/2013 12:14:55 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: FreedomStar3028

But there’s a consensus. Obviously you are a hater of both climate and puppies. It’s science! Not correct science but still...


14 posted on 08/06/2013 1:11:29 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: dr_lew

I recognize that place, that’s Dallas.


15 posted on 08/06/2013 1:13:25 AM PDT by MaxMax (If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention)
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To: Daffynition

See? Proof of global warming, white racism, and the horror of burning coal to provide electricity to commoners.


16 posted on 08/06/2013 1:17:38 AM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: Norm Lenhart

Sheesh, it was an improvement.


17 posted on 08/06/2013 1:21:03 AM PDT by Usagi_yo
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To: FreedomStar3028

I heard it went all the way to Uranus.


18 posted on 08/06/2013 1:28:21 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Daffynition
Not to worry....Obama is on this like a laser.....

Welcome King Barack "Canute" Obama the Great.....

...Obama issues an Executive Order to the Sun...

....to increase it's magnetic field....

and make a good crop of sunspots before elections in 2016....

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sunspot formation is triggered by a magnetic field, which scientists say is steadily declining. They predict that by 2016 there may be no remaining sunspots, and the sun may stay spotless for several decades.

The last time the sunspots disappeared altogether was in the 17th and 18th century, and coincided with a lengthy cool period on the planet known as the Little Ice Age....and lasted 400 years.

Good luck surviving with no electricity and GE modified seeds.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news203746768.html#jCp

19 posted on 08/06/2013 1:46:36 AM PDT by spokeshave
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To: Norm Lenhart

LOL!!!!!!!


20 posted on 08/06/2013 1:55:25 AM PDT by FreedomStar3028
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