Posted on 11/16/2020 8:03:02 AM PST by Red Badger
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Solar flares are a usual occurrence in space and its side effects are usually experienced by the nearest planets in the system, like our own Earth. Recently, NASA satellites were able to capture one particular solar flare, that some have described to be something out of science fiction.
Agency satellite data found that the Sun experienced a CME or coronal mass ejection that is also known as a solar flare, shooting out plasma and magnetism. This happens when magnetism becomes unstable on the solar surface. The massive explosion was captured by NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft or SOHO. The image of the explosion was described by some as the stuff of science fiction, specifically the Doomsday machine from Star Trek. Fortunately, the CME did not hit Earth. In case it would hit our planet, it would mostly result in auroras in either the northern or southern polar regions.
“A Doomsday Machine-shaped coronal mass ejection (CME) rocketed away from the sun during the early hours of October 24,” said Space Weather. “It will not hit Earth. The source of the blast was a filament of magnetism near the Sun’s northeastern limb, which became unstable and exploded.”
Auroras are produced when magnetic particles from the Sun hit the magnetosphere and are deflected. These result in the blue and green lights in the sky, sometimes red and yellow. A more severe side effect of solar flares hitting our magnetosphere would be an overload of electricity in electrical grids due to high currents in the magnetic field.
Meanwhile, NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured galaxies NGC 2799 and NGC 2798 in the early stages of a merger with the latter galaxy being the much bigger star system. NASA has revealed that despite the two galaxies looking like they are on the verge of colliding into one another, it would actually take billions of years before the galaxies fully merge.
“Interacting galaxies, such as these, are so named because of the influence they have on each other, which may eventually result in a merger or unique formation,” said NASA. “Already, these two galaxies have seemingly formed a sideways waterspout with stars from NGC 2799 appearing to fall into NGC 2798 almost like drops of water.”
Now THAT is also a Great Reset.
A little bit ‘greater’ than they expected...............
Explains the 30,000 DOW today .....
So we shouldn’t sweat the election then?
Some people say a EMP from a Carrington Event type of solar flare won’t be a problem these days but I have my doubts. Something that set telegraph station on fire isn’t going to melt PCBs?
2020 isn’t done with us yet.
Today we have overload circuit breakers and fuses in the electrical system.
Most, if not all, modern semiconductors have built-in ESD HV protection circuitry on their inputs and outputs.
The old stuff will go poof, but the new stuff won’t be as vulnerable.....................
Doomsday Machine! Where’s Commodore Matt Decker when you need him?
Getting hit with a CME has happened and will happen again.
But...and this what everyone should remember:
The CME has to be large, AND directed at where the earth is going to be in a couple of days when the particles actually hit us.
So...think of hitting as cue ball, flying through space at 20,000 miles per hour...with a shot gun from 93 million miles away.
Not “impossible”—because its happened before. But listen to your local HAM operators because they will know when it is going to happen.
Ping.
Can’t be any worst than a Biden Admin
Women and minorities most affected, so I don’t need to worry about it.
Have you seen the Nicolas cage film Knowing?.......
There is an excellent (IMO) movie called “Knowing” this relates to.
Obviously caused by “White Supremacists” and “Systemic Racism”.
Oops. You beat me to it. Great movie, BTW.
LOL
I CAN’T BELIEVE no one posted the picture of the doomsday machine from Star Trek!!
With that captain that lost his marbles after beaming everyone to a planet that was destroyed :)
Capt. Kirk : Matt, where’s your crew?
Matt Decker : On the third planet.
Capt. Kirk : There IS no third planet!
Matt Decker : [anguished] Don’t you think I know that? There was, but not anymore! They called me; they BEGGED me for help, four hundred of them! I couldn’t... I-I couldn’t...
[begins sobbing]
Commodore Decker cracked :)
HOw about my 1960 John Deere tractor? Will I have to replace my points?
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