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Mysterious green and blue flashes appeared as New Zealand earthquake struck
Metro.co.uk ^ | Monday 14 Nov 2016 9:36 am | Harley Tamplin

Posted on 11/14/2016 8:41:05 AM PST by BenLurkin

Quick-thinking New Zealanders managed to film the scene in Wellington while the powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Christchurch.

Their clips show flashes of green, white and blue in the sky over a span of a few seconds.

Zachary Bell said he filmed a video at ‘the peak of the shaking’, noting that ‘the sky began to light up with colours’ over the sea.

Another video posted on Instagram shows clear, bright flashes of light during the earthquake that killed two people and led to tsunamis.

(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: earthquakelights; nzearthquake
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1 posted on 11/14/2016 8:41:05 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

People escaping from Davey Jones locker?


2 posted on 11/14/2016 8:43:11 AM PST by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: BenLurkin

Cthulthu and the Old Ones.
Lovecraft was right.


3 posted on 11/14/2016 8:45:28 AM PST by buwaya
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To: BenLurkin

Piezo-electricity.................


4 posted on 11/14/2016 8:45:40 AM PST by Red Badger (In CHICAGO????...In Boston????....)
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To: BenLurkin

It seems to me that the movement of plates could theoretically affect that magnetic signature of the earth (at least regionally) and result in some kind of aurora. Just a guess, though.


5 posted on 11/14/2016 8:45:56 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: BenLurkin

I took a look at the quake pattern in NZ.
Unlike classic aftershocks, this looks more like a zipper pattern.
Very unusual and probably not a good sign.


6 posted on 11/14/2016 8:46:16 AM PST by Zathras
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To: BenLurkin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectricity


7 posted on 11/14/2016 8:46:22 AM PST by Red Badger (In CHICAGO????...In Boston????....)
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To: BenLurkin

Either will power was battling hope or maybe they just had an abundance of both.

8 posted on 11/14/2016 8:46:43 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: BenLurkin

It was transformers on power lines blowing, that is all, the same thing happened in Seattle a decade ago during a big earth quake. I watched them blow daisy chain style, huge explosions too.


9 posted on 11/14/2016 8:46:53 AM PST by Scythian_Reborn
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To: BenLurkin

Aliens.


10 posted on 11/14/2016 8:47:14 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: ResponseAbility

Earthquakes, volcanoes… Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave. Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria.


11 posted on 11/14/2016 8:48:52 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: ResponseAbility

John Kerry was to be in New Zealand on the 12th and 13th. Any sightings?


12 posted on 11/14/2016 8:51:14 AM PST by codder too
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It is a known phenomena that certain people can see these flashes. Same thing happen in the Napa Calif quake. Only certain people could see green and yellow flashes during the quake. Something to do with eyeball make up. Looked like nuclear bombs going off in the distance.
13 posted on 11/14/2016 8:52:02 AM PST by jetson
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Trump’s fault.


14 posted on 11/14/2016 8:52:48 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: jetson

It’s on video for anyone to see.


15 posted on 11/14/2016 8:52:53 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Ben, I wrote a news article for the American Weather Observer back in the late 1980s that described this phenomenon. It is called the piezo-electric effect. When pressure is placed on rock it produces electro-static light which comes in an array of colors; mostly blue and green.

Isn’t nature amazing?


16 posted on 11/14/2016 8:53:16 AM PST by CARTOUCHE
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To: Fresh Wind

A case for Dirk Gently.


17 posted on 11/14/2016 8:55:45 AM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Zathras

I thought the same thing. Zippers can be the precursor to some really bad events. As if 7.4 isn’t bad enough. I sent an email off to the local sesmo guy at the University asking if he thought this was a zipper. He is about 50% on answering my occasional emails, we will see.


18 posted on 11/14/2016 8:55:46 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("Elections have consequences." Barack Obama)
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To: BenLurkin

I saw a documentary on his a while ago. It is likely caused by bedrock becoming semi conductive under massive pressure.


19 posted on 11/14/2016 8:56:27 AM PST by Fzob (Let the saving love of Christ be the measure of our lives.)
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To: buwaya
Cthulthu and the Old Ones.

No! R'lyeh?

20 posted on 11/14/2016 8:56:56 AM PST by NorthMountain (Northmountain)
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