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Superfast secret of northern lights revealed
The Times ^
| 4/26/2009
| Jonathan Leake
Posted on 04/25/2009 9:07:00 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: AndrewC; antonia; aristotleman; Carilisa; commonguymd; dozer7; Dustbunny; Eaker; ForGod'sSake; ...
Whow... the aurora is electrical... who knew... PING!
If you want on or off the Electric Universe Ping List, Freepmail me.
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posted on
04/25/2009 9:17:07 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: Swordmaker
Ah! But electric tornadoes?
yitbos
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posted on
04/25/2009 9:22:32 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
To: bruinbirdman
Viewing the Northern Lights contributes to global warming.
To: bruinbirdman
Aurora Borealis and the Electric Tornadoes... good name for a band
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posted on
04/25/2009 9:29:14 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
( We are "O" so f---ed)
To: bruinbirdman
I sure would hate to be using that outhouse in that weather.
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posted on
04/25/2009 9:31:27 PM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
04/25/2009 9:35:02 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(America's population is 304-Million. Obama must punish America for the other 4.7 Billion)
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
04/25/2009 9:35:20 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: bruinbirdman; All
Do they have auroras on uranus?
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posted on
04/25/2009 9:39:00 PM PDT
by
notdownwidems
(Shellback, pollywogs! U.S.S. William H. Standley, CG-32)
To: bruinbirdman
This is so interesting. Thanks for posting!
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posted on
04/25/2009 10:01:10 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Swordmaker
Now we're onto something.
Do "vast quantities of charged particles emitted by the sun [that] first pile up in huge clouds about 40,000 miles above the night side of Earth" cause lightning?
yitbos
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posted on
04/25/2009 10:01:19 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
To: bruinbirdman
The 42 second video
Secret of the Northern Lights Revealed is linked from the space.com article,
Electricity Measured Inside Space Tornadoes . ( There's an ad in front of the video, FYI. )
The video shows no hint of any kind of vorticity, but I guess that we are supposed to understand that the ions spiral along the magnetic lines, conjuring the image of a tornado. What it does show is the tail of the magnetosphere folding in on itself until it pinches, as indicated by a blinding flash ( wouldn't that be something to see ) which is pure dramatization. Presumably this pinch is what herds the particles along the lines towards the auroral regions, and consitutes the "secret". I personally think it's a pretty crappy video, with very little in it that goes towards illustrating the scientific finding.
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posted on
04/25/2009 10:37:38 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: Swordmaker
Hawaii volcanic eruption with lightning and waterspouts.VIDEO
From the smallest particle to the largest galactic formation, a web of electrical circuitry connects and unifies all of nature, organizing galaxies, energizing stars, giving birth to planets and, on our own world, controlling weather and animating biological organisms. There are no isolated islands in an electric universe.
THUNDERBOLTS LINK
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posted on
04/25/2009 10:51:17 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum!)
To: notdownwidems
Do they have auroras on uranus?
You forgot to capitalize Uranu... uh, never mind.
To: notdownwidems
Jupiter Aurora
Does the aurora occur on other planets? The answer is yes! The Earth is not the only planet in the solar system on which auroras may be seen. Auroras may also be seen on the gas giants, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
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posted on
04/25/2009 11:25:17 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum!)
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
04/26/2009 12:17:44 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: bruinbirdman
Pulling guard duty at Ft. Wainwright (adjacent to Fairbanks) was a surreal experience when the light show was in progress (often). During the winter especially. Add it to the phenomenon of all the arctic hare eyes reflecting off the jeep headlights, and it was like being on another planet.
To: notdownwidems
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posted on
04/26/2009 1:05:42 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
04/26/2009 1:23:30 AM PDT
by
shibumi
(" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
To: TR Jeffersonian
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posted on
04/26/2009 1:32:00 AM PDT
by
kalee
(01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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