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A Giant Breach in Earth's Magnetic Field
NASA ^
| Dec 16th, 2008
Posted on 12/16/2008 2:11:19 PM PST by TaraP
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To: TaraP
We may have to eject the Van Allen belt.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:15:53 PM PST
by
kc8ukw
To: TaraP
A great disturbance in the Force, there is...
To: TaraP
Does this mean we’ll finally warm up? It’s cold over here.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:16:15 PM PST
by
wastedyears
("Life's tough... It's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne)
To: All
On Dec. 21st, another solar wind stream will arrive, only this time it will hit Earth directly. The stream is spewing from a coronal hole that straddles the sun's equator, which puts our planet squarely in the "cross hairs." The longest night of the year could be a green one; Arctic sky watchers should be alert for auroras.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:16:46 PM PST
by
TaraP
(The RAPTURE: Seperation of Church and State)
To: TaraP
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:17:42 PM PST
by
SouthDixie
(We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly.)
To: TaraP
Sounds to me like we need a cloaking device to hide earth from these attacking octupus-like magnetic tentacles. “Scotty! WE NEED MORE POWER!!!
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:18:00 PM PST
by
Paco
To: TaraP
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:18:03 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(Sarah Palin is what Willis was talkin' about!)
To: RaceBannon; TaraP
ROFL..you people are hilarious today...best comments in a long time, just can’t stop laughing.
Is this from THE HORIZON PROJECT? or some other scientists?
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:18:16 PM PST
by
Kackikat
(.It's NOT over until it's over and it's NOT over yet....The Trumpet will sound....)
To: TaraP
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:18:18 PM PST
by
rjp2005
(Lord have mercy on us)
To: TaraP
Once more unto the breach, dear particles, once more;
Or close the wall up with our magnetic fields.
To: Kimmers
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:19:01 PM PST
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: TaraP
1027 particles per second were flowing into the magnetospherethat's a 1 followed by 27 zeros. Uh, no.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:19:25 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: TaraP
Don’t think I want one of those electric cars then.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:19:56 PM PST
by
Kackikat
(.It's NOT over until it's over and it's NOT over yet....The Trumpet will sound....)
To: SouthDixie
Im ducking as a type... I'm typing as a duck...
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:20:30 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: griswold3
No mention of global warming? Algore is going to be mad.
Everyone knows the heat caused by driving SUVs is causing the Earth’s poles to de-magenetize.
On a serious note, it is scary to think how easily all life on the planet could be destroyed. Not by anthing man is doing.
The Earth has shifted on its axis several times in the past. The magnetic field could weaken. An asterioid could hit the planet. Any would be catastrophic (and there’s nothing we could do about it.)
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:20:32 PM PST
by
Brookhaven
(The Fair Tax is THE economic litmus test for conservatives)
To: TaraP
"1027 particles per second were flowing into the magnetospherethat's a 1 followed by 27 zeros. This kind of influx is an order of magnitude greater than what we thought was possible." 10 to the 27th power particles is not so large a quantity.
One mol (a standard unit equal to 6.022 x 10 to the 23rd power particles) is equivalent to 22.4 liters of, e.g., air at standard temperature and pressure. 224,000 liters of air would thus contain about 6 times 10 to the 27th power particles.
So a mere 10 to the 27th power particles per second would be equivalent to about 37,000 liters of air per second.
However, since we are talking about charged particles here, perhaps we should convert that to amperes. 1 A = 6.24 x 10^18 charged particles per second. So 10 to the 27th power charged particles per second would equal about 166 million amps.
Regards,
To: TaraP
This appears to be very serious - so could you please put this in language that some of us morons can understand?
For instance: Is it analogous to pulling a hot turkey out of the oven and steaming up my bifocals?
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:21:15 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Man studies evolution to understand His creation.)
To: TaraP
I believe this is where all the socks missing from people’s dryers went.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:21:15 PM PST
by
Cecily
To: TaraP
How long until Congress decides to bail out the magnetic field? It’s too big to breach.
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:21:29 PM PST
by
tnlibertarian
(Wealth is earned, not distributed.)
To: TaraP
A green hue, hmmm...won’t that upset the environmentalists as they want to be the green in America?
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posted on
12/16/2008 2:21:41 PM PST
by
Kackikat
(.It's NOT over until it's over and it's NOT over yet....The Trumpet will sound....)
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