THE SUN TODAY: 31 January 2012 - Dance of the Magnetosphere

[ahura999]

for those interested ...Z-PINCH - Characteristics for the Occurrence of a High-Current Z-Pinch Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity- Anthony L. Peratt et al .

[PHONEYPOLITICS]

could this have anything to do with the strange noises / sounds being heard worldwide since january Dr K?

[drkstrong]

@PHONEYPOLITICS I understand the strange noises were an elaborate hoax. So, no it doesnt.

[PhatPhat818]

yes...im that guy...they make movies about.

[PhatPhat818]

we should be at the point where everyone has self contained power at their home. and water filtration. ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. we know why we are not there yet....so how do we get there....with this "bubble" they have us in. I WANT OUT THE BUBBLE!

[drkstrong]

@PhatPhat818 I have been trying to doing that but our homeowner's association doesnt allow solar panels

[PhatPhat818]

@drkstrong yea like solar panels and free power and water filtration should be pushed like ciggaretes

[yungdannyboy]

drkstrong

Also, the musician "Canibus," considered the most intelligent and intellectual lyricist ever has constantly put his credibility and intelligence on the line by saying that 2012 will be the precession of the earth. He has mentioned that few people will be alive by Solar Cycle 25. I guess he is saying Solar Cycle 24 will be the worst. NASA has even confirmed this as well and than they tried to take it back. Virginia is still getting earthquakes today. What is going on??

[drkstrong]

@yungdannyboy I dont think NASA has confirmed that Cycle 24 will be bad. In fact it has forecast a very low cycle compared to those of previous years. I can find no reference to such a claim or any rebuttle of it.

[yungdannyboy]

@drkstrong

Here are the links....../watch?v=zjF8fk6hjZ­E&feature=related and /watch?v=XaDxwe8l3us and /watch?v=nj5ZBJM8jso&feature=r­elated

All of these are mainstream media with a real astro-physicist to back up the claim

[drkstrong]

@yungdannyboy Kuku is not a representative of NASA (I think he hypes stuff to sell more books) - his description of the solar cycle is laughable in the 1st clip

Josh Lewis is a little more accurate (not much) but he isnt representing NASA or NOAA's opinion either

3rd clip Kuku again - hyping some more

The scientists at NASA and NOAA met in Boulder Co in 08, 9 & 10 and tied to forcast the cycle. I was at the 1st meeting. 2 camps: 1 hi & 1 lo cycle - looks like lo's are right so far

[PhatPhat818]

wheter people agree with me or not is not important to me.

[PhatPhat818]

speaking ur mind doesnt always comes across as "PC" or "nice"..but if i said nothing and held it in...id be setting myself up. so i speak my mind.,..whether it be a nice thing to say...or a not so nice thing to say...i think its impossible just to say "o i wanna be happy, im gonna just ignore all the evil" thats bullshit, but backspace is kinda of my filter...i try to be nice. but some peoples motives and intentions are just so visible to me i have to speak on it

[PhatPhat818]

some people dont understand that if the power goes out...its kinda the end of the world....not in the sense of the planet exploding. but the "world" we live in. its the end of the world for a lot of people everyday....but see when u say end u the world..people only think " WELL IM STILL HERE"...we must learn compassion for one another. im not perfect. i have a lot twisted up inside of me. but i know what i want...for me and everyone else. freedom.

[yungdannyboy]

drkstrong

What is your opinion on the crazy winter the east coast has seen this year......I mean Pennsylvania has felt like we have had no winter. Its like 62 today. Can this abrupt shift in the weather be caused by the sun? Whats your opinion on this and the 2012 Mayan prophecy? Is this part of the precession of the earth that they were talking about? We just had an earthquake a few months ago and now we have hardly seen winter? Whats your thoughts on this?

[drkstrong]

@yungdannyboy A consequence of Global Warming. I live just down the road from you in the DC metro area and we have had daffodils out in out garden since before Xmas! I have played golf every week throughout december and january. Expect more extreme weather like this.

[yungdannyboy]

drkstrong

Can a super solar flare from the sun destroy earth?? Can it cause a magnetic field reversal??? If it can't, do you have 100 proof??? Are you really that educated about the sun??? Do you know the sun like you know yourself??? 

[drkstrong]

@yungdannyboy No, if you mena by a super flare anything of the size we have experienced so far. In th epast the Sun was far more active than it is now and th eEarth is still here and yet life persists. If you mean can it damage our technology - then perhaps yes. The extent of any damage depends on how big the flare and associated CME is, where it hits, and when. Such events are VERY rare.

[PhatPhat818]

@drkstrong but a lot has changed in the past 100 years. we are very vulnerable. it wouldnt be such a big deal if there werent nuclear power plants everywhere...they are ticking time bombs..the problem is..if the power goes out...for to long...they lost power...tptb that is...which doesnt sound like a bad idea...them losing power....i think thats why the sun is our saviour...cuz if it could just hit us with a big enuf flare..it takes down the system...but the nuclear bombs still remain. "a setup"

[PhatPhat818]

@PhatPhat818 classic catch 22.

[shroomBEE]

What would it mean for us if the whole thing started looking like a closed up rolli polli and stayed there?

[drkstrong]

@shroomBEE We would have a nice lot of aurora at high latitudes. Remember on this scale the Earth is a tiny dot. The ball you see there is 24,000 miles in radius.

[rongrite]

We live on the surface of a giant, magnetic tentacled, jelly-fish.

[drkstrong]

@rongrite Swiming in a sea of ions and electrons that make it glow! :)

[duskbump]

@drkstrong the bio-luminescence of our deep sea universe... wonder what is in the upper layers of this "ocean"?

[drkstrong]

@duskbump not sure what you are getting at here.

[kcomeans]

Man do you play the piano by chance, cause if not , you matched up the track just about as perfect as if you played alongside. Good job. I really enjoyed that one :)

[papavalium]

All the colors man!

[shaggietrip]

I have a question Doc. I hope it is a good one. do you have any idea why there doesn't seem to be any representation of the moon (or it's influence) in all that magnetic flux or solar flares..? Does it influence anything?

[drkstrong]

@shaggietrip It is a good one. In fact I heard a lecture about it earlier this month. The moon has very little magnetism - basically negligable. However it does have a wake. The flow of the solar wind round th emoon creates turbulance bu the Moon is small and the wake does not stretch very far about 25 lunar radii - about 40,000 km or about 10% of the moon - earth distance. So the moon has no effect on space weather (despite what Piers Corbyn says) besdies it is behind the earth half the time.

[shaggietrip]

@drkstrong Thank you for the reply. I may look into this a bit more when I have the time.

Stay well

[geebus80]

If only we we actually evolved and used implosion energy. These events would give a telluric power station juice for decades.

Perhaps one day we will realize that mankind can devolve just as he evolves in the right conditions. Any being that would irradiate their entire planet to boil water for steam power is about as far from evolved as it gets imo.

We need to branch into resonance and frequency mechanics more, that is where the true power and knowledge are.

[vyperius]

wow that's some squirly crossed lines there, it's like living in a rough sea! thanks doc.

ps. you got a typo in your title on Magnetosphere.

[drkstrong]

@vyperius Thanks for the catch - already corrected

[apollomov]

Thank you Doc! Just want you to know how appreciated you are!

[drkstrong]

@apollomov It is much appreciated that you took the itme to say so! :)

[doppelganger42055]

WOW! that was amazing! ty, Doc!!! :)

[cburke4now]

cool, thanks

[WhackTheWax]

"dance of the megnetosphere" - very appropriate

[DrWatsonification]

Love the Magneto-NICT sim. :)

@drkstrong Any idea about the Nasa IBEX press conference later? Is the magnetic anomaly capable of breaching the heliosphere and affecting the sun?

[drkstrong]

@DrWatsonification Something about measuring interstellar gas particles using IBEX. The article I just read was pretty vague.

[DrWatsonification]

@drkstrong Thanks doc.

[VinceCataldi]

... :)

[Missionsound]

Cool!

Thanks

[ProphetChaser]

Oooops, Mangetosphere?

[drkstrong]

@ProphetChaser Well caught - if I could only type and spell and proof read - actually any one of them would be Ok with me.

[ProphetChaser]

@drkstrong I know. I'm just messin with ya.

[drkstrong]

@ProphetChaser :)

[busymomof2girls]

ahhh......my morning meditation!  Thanks Doc!

[Yantryman]

@busymomof2girls ;) my evening meditation! Thanks Doc!

[drkstrong]

@busymomof2girls You are welcome! :)

[Quietpony]

I love magnetosphere loops like this. Bravo!

[preshusbane]

This is beautiful <3

[drkstrong]

@preshusbane Thanks

[mariss711]

The "Jellyfishosphere"



[drkstrong]

@mariss711 :)

[OriginalTexcalibur]

The Magnetic Waltz. Great vid Dr. Strong.

[darkchild1974]

i love watching these

[drkstrong]

@darkchild1974 Perhaps I'll make this a weekly regular feature at least when the Sun is quiet.

[Kalohuxify]

Do you know if there were any major solar activity during the Apollo missions?

[drkstrong]

@Kalohuxify I was a teenager at the time so dont remember. There was no GOES or magnetic uimages back then only intermittant ground based observations so I cant say. I know Skylab had a near miss the big 1972 flare happened between skylab missions.

[Kalohuxify]

@drkstrong I know but we seem to have ben at a particullary intensive solar max around 1966-1968 reaching 140.

What are your thoughts on that, given what we know about the suns radiation today?

[Kalohuxify]

@Kalohuxify If you check out solen dot info cycle 20.

[drkstrong]

@Kalohuxify The big one was the cycle before that!

[OgichiShirusaki]

Thanks for share Doc. :) Awesome, as always. Keep the good work!

[wizardangel]

What a excellent blend of music,science and good old humble pie !! Just keep ON Dancing ,,Thank YOU !!

[drkstrong]

@wizardangel :)

[darkwingala]

Thanks for all that you do...

[Blazenresearcher]

Doc..Brilliant!

[drkstrong]

@Blazenresearcher thanks

[1fishkungfu]

We live on an amazing spaceship.

[drkstrong]

@1fishkungfu We do, dont we.

[zippyjer]

BRAVO!

[MrStoneClark]

Watched Steven Hawking's Brave New World - "Enviroment" last night... they did a segment on the SDO. Found it pretty neat that they admitted that they work with the power companies around the world and how, if a CME was Earth directed, the power companies are informed to shut down their systems. I wonder if this is the cause of the power outages in California / Mexico and other places near the equator in the last 6 months. Interesting stuff! Thank-you... for what you do sir. Peace

[drkstrong]

@MrStoneClark No, it will be mainly at high latitudes Canada, Alaska, Siberia, Norway, sweeden, Greenland. They usually dont shut down the power but reduce the transmission voltage so that the induced voltage spikes dont trip breakers.

[MrStoneClark]

@drkstrong I figured you would say that Doc! :-) Remember though... I am the electric universe supporter and feel that everysingle thing on the earth feels the effect of an Earth directed CME - so I had to pose the question... hehe Peace

[drkstrong]

@MrStoneClark Well, the last CME from the X flare missed us (as I predicted - I love saying to NOAA and the other sites "I told you so" - trouble it doesnt happen all that often)

[Suspicious0bservers]

@drkstrong I beg to differ. The NICT, ACE telemetry, Magnetometers, Riometers ALL caught an impact around 1600UTC - the NICT showed continued pressure as plasma density remained high. The electron flux showed a spike as well. So if it wasnt the CME showing on ACE, GOES, HAARP, NICT... what was it that caused that? I also saw a small halo when it erupted. You are the master here, but EVERY data point says we had an impact. Respectfully. B

[drkstrong]

@Suspicious0bservers Except the important one - the Kp Index it has remained quiet (0-3) - my forecast wast that we would not have even a minor geomagnetic storm (Kp = 5 or greater) as the other groups were forecasting. They were wrong, I was right. I mentioned nothing about measurements at ACE or anything else

PS ACE and SOHO are a million miles from Earth not everything that hits them, hits us. You will also note that there was a high-speed solar wind stream due to hit us about then..

[Suspicious0bservers]

@drkstrong The KP doesnt spike every time we have impact - and certainly you are correct that that no storm took place. But saying no impact is different. Every magnetometer showed the impact, ionosondes and riometers picked up the ionospheric affects, and the NICT shows it too... I'm pretty sure the coronal hole stream had passed already. Also, the point of the halo is that if you see it on all sides of the disk, some ejecta is coming at you. sooo.... Storm? No. Impact? Undoubtedy yes.

[drkstrong]

@Suspicious0bservers In my video 29-29 January I say "Although NOAA is froecasting STORM conditions for later today from the CME Associated with teh X flare .... I am skeptical" Exact quote. I say nothing about NICT, ACE, or anything else just there will not be a geomagnetic storm. Others warned of one. So I dont know why you are making such a big deal. There was no impact of a geomagnetic storm if the Kp does not exceed 4 by definition.

[Suspicious0bservers]

@drkstrong epic miscommunication. I thought you meant the ejecta did not impact earth's magnetosphere. Your clarification belies my error in translation

[waterchildtera]

where the magnetic field dives into the earth

is their a opening or depression and can planes fly directly over it

or was admiral bird right ?

be/HK_De7vBBfI

[drkstrong]

@waterchildtera Yes, it is the magnetic pole. That is why when there is a geomagnetic storm they cancel or divert trans polar flights.

[waterchildtera]

@drkstrong cool so there is a world in a world hollow earth !

i thought bird was crazy !

but he did report he flew inside where it was warm and other beings lived there !

cool sounds like my next destination for vacation !

[bernzeppi]

looks a bit like the flight of a bumble bee

[drkstrong]

@bernzeppi Yes, It sorta does! :)