Posted on 04/23/2019 6:44:19 AM PDT by Candor7
NASA has shared a spectacular picture of the Northern Lights adorning the sky in Iceland - but warned that the "beauty and the beast" aurora could wreak havoc here on Earth.
The image was captured by astronomer Juan Carlos Casado in 2016, and selected as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on Sunday.
It shows the aurora borealis over Thingvallavatn Lake in Iceland - a lake that partly fills a fault that divides Earth's large Eurasian and North American tectonic plates.
"Admire the beauty but fear the beast," wrote Casado, in his picture caption.
The beauty is the aurora overhead, here taking the form of great green spiral, seen between picturesque clouds with the bright Moon to the side and stars in the background.
"The beast is the wave of charged particles that creates the aurora but might, one day, impair civilization."
Aurora are the result of collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun and particles in the Earth's atmosphere.
While they are usually harmless, scientists warn that a particularly strong solar flare could one day release a pulse of charged particles capable of bringing down Earth's communication networks.
This happened once before in 1859, when a pulse of charged particles associated with a solar flare bombarded Earth's magnetosphere, creating a so-called "Carrington Event".......................
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
Ping to possible electric universe precursor event.
Only excessive amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere can save mankind.
Only excessive amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere can save mankind.>>>>>>>>>>>>
Agreed, it will allow us to grow a lot more food.
NASA warns spectacular ‘beauty and the beast’ aurora could wreak havoc on Earth
Or not. We’ve never had an aurora before so we wouldn’t know.
Or not. We’ve never had an aurora before so we wouldn’t know.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
AOC, Omar and Talib have them coming out of their respective asses. You are not missing much.
If its proportions are a Fibonacci sequence, it may be a form of alien email.
Or God doodling.
Tax it. Register it. Prohibit it.
... and if you’ve ever had your havoc
wreaked, you know how painful it is.
Pesky Sun. Blow it up!
While they are USUALLY harmless, SCIENTISTS warn that a particularly strong solar flare COULD one day release a pulse of charged particles capable of bringing down Earth’s communication networks.
Oh noes! MAYBE SOMEDAY we MIGHT all be cavemen again.
Maybe.
Someday.
Until NASA provides an actual photo, not a composite, of the Earth from space, nothing else they say matters. So sad.
Apparently some “scientists” are working on a process that will remove carbon from the atmosphere. What will they come up with when all the plants die?
Good thing government has prepared by protecting against EMP!
Living in always-overcast Seattle, the sun
was called the Evil Star of the Day. It was
the only place I ever lived where weather
forecasters would use the term “sun break.”
EVERY SINGLE TIME the Sun farts in our general direction the “experts” tell us that it may be the end of life on Earth..or not. I suppose if they are ever right we won’t know it.
EMP. . .staple for SHTF writers. . .
“While they are USUALLY harmless, SCIENTISTS warn that a particularly strong solar flare COULD one day release a pulse of charged particles capable of bringing down Earth’s communication networks.”
Might be worth it to get rid of CNN.
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